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that in 1885, from some cause not quite certain, they sought 

 new breeding quarters, having deserted the famous grand peli- 

 canry -'for many isolated localities never before occupied."' 

 Mr. Armstrong, of Herman. Grant Co., "found a solitary nest 

 near the town containing two eggs." Certainly these circum- 

 stances justify the conclusion that the Pelicans have not yet 

 deserted Minnesota as a breeding place. 



PELECANUS FUSCUS L. (126.) 

 BROWN PELICAN. 



Reasonably credible rumors from three different localities on 

 the western borders of the State add one Brown Pelican each 

 to the list of straggling visitors within our borders. I am very 

 familiar with them in sections where they abound, but have 

 never seen any within my present province. 



