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Family PELECANIDiE.— Pelicans. 



125. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. — American White 



Pelican. 



Numeroas localities (L. Bruner); " Frequently seen in Nebraska during its 

 migrations" (Augbey); " Migratory, abundant, arrive in April, May, October, 

 and November " (Taylor); "Temperate Nortb America" (Goss); Beatrice (A. 

 S. Pearse); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Wood River (D. 

 H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "migratory, not uncommon" (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



126. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. — Brown Pelican. 



St. Paul, Nebr., Oct. 10, 1885, one male specimen (D. H. Talbot); Honey 

 Creek lake, near Omaha, in spring, "Saw fragments of six specimens in hog-pen 

 where they had been thrown by the man who shot them " (L. Skow). 



Order ANSERES. — Short- winged Swimmers or Ducks, 



Geese, etc. 



Family ANATID.^. — Ducks, Brants, Geese, Swans. 



129. Merganser americanus {Cass.). — American Merganser. 



West Point, Omaha, Platte river, and Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Migratory, rare, 

 arrive the last of April or first of May" (Taylor); "The whole of North 

 America" (Go^s); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); 

 "Omaha, migratory, common" (I. S. Trostler); Lincoln (Dr. F. L. Riser). 



130. Merganser serrator {Linn.). — Red Breasted Merganser. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln, Platte river (L. Bruner); "Winter resident, 

 rare" (Taylor); "south in winter throughout the United States" (Goss); 

 Omaha (L. Skow); "Omaha, migratory, several killed on Florence lake in 

 1894" (I. S. Trostler). 



131. Lophodytes cucuUatus (X^w??.). — Hooded Merganser. 



West Point, Omaha, Fremont, Holt county, Rockport, South Bend, Lincoln 

 (L. Bruner); "Winter re.sident, somewhat common; resident, rare'' (Taylor); 

 North America in general " (Goss) ; Omaha (L. Skow) ; Cherry county — 

 breeds (J. M. Bates); "Occasionally seen in summer around lakes in Burt and 

 Washington counties" (I. S. Trostler). 



132. Anas boschas Linn. — Mallard. 



Common over state — breeds (L. Bruner); 'Very abundant in Nebraska dur- 

 ing its migrations; many also breed here" (Aughey); " Migratory, abundant; 

 resident, common" (Taylor); "Whole of Northern hemisphere" (Goss); Omaha 

 (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); .several Nebra.ska localities 

 (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "an abundant migrant, rare 

 breeder in vicinity of Omaha, but common breeder in Cherry county" (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



