28 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



STEGANOPODES. 



PHALACROCORACIDAE. 



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-Nov. 



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

 mid-July-Xov. 13. 



PELECANIDAE. 



54. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin. 



American white pelican. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 571. "in America 

 septentrionali ." 



Pelecanus americanus Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1S44, 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, May 28, 1892. 



X. H. — Formerly a visitor (Belknap). 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: Gloucester, 1880; North Scituate, 

 Oct. 5. 1870; Sandwich, May 13, 1905. 



55. Pelecaxus occidentalis (Linne) Richmond. 



Brown pelican. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus occidentalis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1706, 

 vol. 1, p. 215. "America." 



Pelecanus fuscus Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 184-1, vol. 

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



Coastal: nests on the ground or in low trees. 



