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Order STEGANOPODES. Totipalniate Swimmers. 



Family ANHINGID^E. Darters. 



Genus ANHINGA Brissox. 



15. Anhinga anhinga (Lixx.). Darter. 



IJrowu records the capture of a female Darter at Boerne March 24 

 ami Dresser shot one on the Medina River on the 5th of March. The 

 Medinar is a tributary of the San Antonio River, flowing through the 

 southwestern part of Bexar County. Its nearest point is less than 20 

 miles from the city of San Antonio. 



Family PHALAOROCORACID.E. Cormorants. 

 Genus PHALACEOCORAX Bkisson. 



16. Phalacrocorax mexicanus (Braxdt). Mexican Cormorant. 



Both Sennett and Hancock note this Cormorant as occurring at Cor- 

 pus Christi, but as neither of them secured specimens the identification 

 is subject to doubt. 



Family PELECANID/E. Pelicans. 



Genus PELECANUS LiXxX.KUs. 



17. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Gmel. White Pelican. 



1 noted two of these birds at Corjius Christi on February 12 while at 

 " The Reef" at the mouth of the Nueces River, on the railway, and 

 saw two splendid specimens of immature birds in dark plumage, several 

 days before, which had been shot by a visiting sportsman. Sennett 

 found it common about the northern end of Padre Island up to the last 

 of March, and Hancock also records it as occurring at Corpus Christi. 



18. Pelecanus fuscus Lixx. Brown Pelican. 



I found this Pelican quite common about Corpus Christi Bay, and 

 there were three or four individuals that often came up right alongside 

 of the docks to fish. Sennett found them breeding in great numbers 

 on three small islands in the bay, March 30. 



Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers. 



Family AKATIDiE. Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 

 Genus MERGANSER Brissox. 



19. Merganser americanus (Cass.). American Merganser. 



At Boerne Brown saw small flocks of this duck in January, and 

 Dresser records it as " found occasionally during the winter." 



