224 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Hoatinp debris at St. Clair Flats'" ( W. A. Davidson ); Robt. H. Wolcott found a nest 

 with three eggs at St. Clair Flats, July 20, 1893 ; "common at Saginaw "' ( Miles" Birds 

 of Michigan); "Kent Co." (S. E. White); breeds; "abundant breeder in Wayne Co." 

 ( B. H. Swales ): '■ probably raises two broods'' (Amos W. Butler ; nests about lakes in 

 June on hummocks on the ground, often built up several inches ; eggs three, greenish, 

 "and spotted" (Gibbs). 



Order STEGAN0P0DP:S. Totipalmate Swimmers. 



Family ANHINGID/E. Thf. Anhingas. 



Long, slim birds. 



Genus ANHINGA Bbiss. 



35-118-( 760). AnhiHga auhing'a (Linn). Anhinga, Darter, Snake Bird, Water 

 Turkey. 



I place this bird in the list on authority of Mr. Charles Drury, who says that there 

 is a specimen in a collection in Cincinnati that was taken at Sault Ste. Marie. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDiE. Cormorants. 

 Heavy hooked-billed birds ; food, fish ; they do not plunge, but dive for their food. 



Genus PHALACROCORAX Bbiss. 



36-1 !?)-( 750). Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.). Cormorant. 



" An occasional visitor "' ( Gibbs' Birds of Michigan ); of doubtful occurrence in 

 Michigan. 



37-1 20-( 751 ). Piiala<'rocorax (1ilo]>lius ( Sw. and Rich.). Double-crested Cor- 

 morant. 



"Common at times" (Dr. M. Gibbs ); migrant or winter resident"" " Southern Mich- 

 igan, Hillsdale County" (A. H. Boies); "our commonest species" (Jordan); '"breeds 

 in great numbers in Wisconsin"" ( Davie's Nests and Eggs of North American Birds). 

 Dr. Ezra S. Holmes, of Grand Rapids, has a fine male which he took in Northern 

 Indiana, just over the Michigan line, and Mr. Levi Broas took a fine female near Ionia, 

 which is now in our museum ; one was shot at Pine Lake, August 1893, and is in the 

 collection of Mr. C. J. Davis of Lansing. 



Family PELECANID.55. Pelicans. 



Heavy birds with long, hooked beaks ; large pouch beneath the lower jaw ;" food, fish; 

 either plunge for or scoop up their food. 



Genus PKLECANU8 Linn. 



3S-125-( 748 ). PelecauMS erythrorliyiu'lios Qmel. American White Pelican. 



Very rare; "Hillsdale and Lenawee Go's."' (A.H.Boies); "one killed on Saginaw 

 Bay, one in St. .Joseph Co., and it has been seen in the Upper Peninsula" (Dr. M. 



