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FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



STEGANOPODES. 



rilALACROCOKACIDAE. 



Vt. — Rare migrant: Burlington, Nov.; Cambridge, Dec; 

 Windsor. 



Mass. — Common migrant, mainly coastwise. April 4-June 18 

 (July 7); Aug. 22-Nov. 24. 



R. I. — Common migrant, mainly coastwise. April 22-May 22; 

 (Aug. 21) Sept. 16-Xov. 



CoNX. — Uncommon migrant, mainly coastwise. April-May; 

 mid-July-Xov. 13. 



PELECANIDAE. 



54. Pf:LECAXUS ERYTHRORHYXCHOS Gmelin. 



American white pelican. 

 Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, ])t. 2, p. 571. "ix America 



SEPTEXTRIONALI." 



Pelecanus americanus Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol, 7, 

 p. 20, pi. 422. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Calais; Eliot, pair, June 8, 1897; 

 Saponic Lake, ISIay 28, 1892. 



N. H. — Formerly a A-isitor (Belknap). 



Mass.^ — Accidental ^•isitor: Gloucester, 1886; North Scituate, 

 Oct. 5, 1876; Sandwich, May 13, 1905. 



55. Pelecaxus occidextalis (Linne) Richmond. 



Brown pelican. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus occidenialis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, 

 vol. 1, \). 215. "America." 



Pelecanus fuscus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 

 7, p. 32, pis. 423, 424. 



Coastal; nests on the ground or in low trees. 



