28 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



by L. B. B. ; Oct. 23, 1890, one adult seen at Little River Marshes, 

 Middletown, by W. E. T. and S. R. ; Nov. 2, 1890, one seen at 

 Hartford by W. E. T. ; Sept. 25, 1904, a flock seen on the beacon 

 in Branford Harbor by G. E. V. ; Oct. 17, 1908, a young male shot 

 at Double Beach, Branford, by C. R. Hooker (in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Summer record. July 18, 1906, Madison, two seen (A. A. S.). 



Inland records. Portland, Oct. 29, 1875 (see above) ; Bolton, 

 Oct., 1879 (see above) ; Middletown, Oct. 23, 1890 (see above) ; 

 Hartford, Nov. 2, 1890 (see above). 



Family PELECANID^. Pelicans. 



Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus. Brown Pelican. 



The only record of the Brown Pelican in Connecticut is that of 

 an apparently uninjured specimen caught alive off Guilford Har- 

 bor, June 6, 1902, by Mr. Levi Thrall, who reported that it seemed 

 unable to fly far, so that he easily caught it by chasing it in a row- 

 boat. L. B. B. saw it in the flesh. It is at present in the collection 

 of L. C. S. 



Family FREGATID^E. Man-o'-war-birds. 



Fregata aquila (Linnaeus). Man-o'-war-bird. 

 . The only record of this species in Connecticut (noted both in 

 the American Naturalist and in Merriam's Birds of Connecticut), 1 

 is that of Capt. Brooks, who killed a female on Faulkner's Island 

 in the autumn of 1859, while it was hovering over the island. It 

 is still in the collection of Capt. Brooks (L. B. B.). 



Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers. 

 Family ANATIDiE. Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 

 Subfamily Merging. Mergansers. 



Mergus americanus Cassin. Merganser. 



A tolerably common winter resident from December to Feb- 

 ruary, frequenting fresh-water lakes and inland waterways. 



Earliest record. (Coast) Clinton, Dec. 2, 1898; (Inland) 

 Portland, Dec. 3, 1888. 



Latest record. (Coast) Stamford, Feb. 25, 1898; (Inland) 

 Portland, April 23, 1904. (J. H. S. records this species at Port- 

 land as late as April, in 1875, 1887, 1899, 1904, and 1909.) 



iMerriam, Birds of Conn., p. 131. 



