WES. 29 



STEGANOPODES. 



I'KLKCANIDAE. 



Mk. — Tlu- sii|)jH)S((l Har Iliirhor spctiinrn was an rscajx' bronpht 

 from South Aiiit-ric a. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: (? Ipswidi. donhtful); Nantucket, 

 about 1SC.7 (flock of Vi). 



Cow. — Accidental visitor: near New llaNcn. 



FREGATIDAE. 



oft. KuKCATA AQin.A (Linn^"') Rcichenl)aeli. 



Man-o'-war bird; Frigate-bird; Man-o'-war hawk. 

 Pilrrnnii.s (Kfiii/iis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, IToS, vol. 1. j). 133. 



"l\ InsILA AdSCE.XSIOXIS ALIISQUK PELAGICIS." 



Tfirhi/fjrfr.'< aqiiilu.'< Linn*'-. Audubon, Hirds of .\nier., 1S44, 

 vol. 7, |). 10. 1)1. 421. 



Coastal; nests in colonies, in low tn-is or on >;round. 



Mk. — Doubtfully recorded from Boothbay. 



Ma.ss. — Accidental visitor: New Bedford, Oct. 17, 1S93 (rec- 

 ord not confirmed). 



Cow. — .\ceidcntal visitor: Faulkner's Id., autumn, 18o'.>. 



ANSERES. • 



AN.VTIDAE. 



57. -Mkugus AMKRKvwt s Cassin. 



American Merganser; Buff-breasted Merganser; Goosander; 

 Pond shelldrake. 



Ca.s.sin, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila.. 1853, vol. 0, |). 187. Based on 

 Wilson, no locality; jirobably .New Jersey or Pennsylvania. 



Mrrgu.t vienjnti.'or Linn^"'. .Vtidubon, liirds of .\iner., 1843, 

 vol. (), p. 387, j)l. 111. \\)i\i. Capen. 188(), pi. IM, <i^'. 5. 



Mainlv in fresh water; nests in hollow trees. 



