LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 333 



A. O. D. 



NO. 



80 (120) PHALACROCORAX DILOPHUS. (Sw. AND RICH.) Double-crested Cormorant. 



Eastern North America ; south, in winter, to Georgia and northern Florida ; 

 breeds from Bay of Fundy, northward. 



81 (120a) Phcdacrocorax dilophus floridanus. (Auo.) Florida Cormorant. 



A small race of the preceding species, inhabiting Southern States ; common 

 in Florida and Gulf States ; north in Mississippi Valley to Illinois. 



82 (121) PHALACROCORAX MEXICANUS. (BRANDT.) Mexican Cormorant. 



Southern species ; casual in Mississippi Valley to Illinois ; not uncommon 

 in Cuba, and is claimed to occur on west coast of Florida. 



FAMILY PELECANID/E. Pelicans. 



GENUS PELECANUS. LINN. 



83 (125) PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS. GMEL. American White Pelican. 



Gulf coast of United States ; breeds* in the interior from Minnesota, north- 

 ward ; rare on Atlantic coast, except Florida, where it still occurs in 

 some numbers ; accidental in New England. 



84 (126) PELECANUS FUSCUS. LINN. Brown Pelican. 



Abundant in Florida and portions of Gulf coast ; north in summer to the 

 Carolinas ; accidental in New England and Illinois. 



FAMILY FREGATID>E. Man=o'=War Birds. 



GENUS FREGATA. BRISS. 



85 (128) FREGATA AQUILA. (LiNN.) Man-o'-War Bird. 



Tropical and sub-tropical seas ; common on coast of Florida ; accidental 

 north to New England ; Nova Scotia (one record) . 



ORDER ANSERES. 



Lamelli rostral Swimmers. 

 FAMILY ANATID/E. Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 



Subfamily MERQIN/E. Mergansers. 

 GENUS MERGANSER. BKISS. 



86 (129) MERGANSER AMERICANUS. (CASS.) American Merganser. Sheldrake. 



General North America ; breeds south to Pennsylvania ; casual in Florida 



in winter. 

 87(130) MERGANSER SERRATOR. (LiNN.) Red-breasted Merganser. Sheldrake. 



General, North America ; south in winter to the Gulf States and Cuba. 



