FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 29 



262. Fulix coUaris. Ring-necked Duck. Common. 



263. Aythya Americana. Red-head. Abundant. 



264. Aythya vallisneria. Canvas-back. Not common. 



265. Bucephala Americana. Golden Eye, Whistle Wing. Rare. 



266. Bucephala albeola. . Butter Ball. Common. 



267. Erismatura rubida. Ruddy Duck. Rare. 



268. Mergus Americanus. Sheldrake, Fish Duck. Common. 



269. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. Baird. 



270. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Common. 



Pelecanidae — Pelicans. 



271. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. American Pelican. Common during the migrations, 



especially in the fall. A specimen taken near Lawrence, October 20, 187 1, 

 measured eight feet and five and three-sixteenth inches from tip to tip of wings. 



Phalacrocor acidae — Cormorants. 



272. Graculus dilophus. Double-crested Cormorant. Rare in migration. 



273. Graculus Mexicanus. Mexican Cormorant. Rare ; a single specimen taken four 



miles south of Lawrence, April 2d, 1872, by Geo. D. Allen. This is the first 

 specimen taken north of the Rio Grande. 



Laridae — Gulls, Terns. 



274. Larus argentatus. The Herring Gull or Silvery Gull. A single specimen is in 



possession of E. U. Prentice, Esq., of Topeka, who has prepared a fine collection 

 of mounted birds. 



275. Chroecocephalus Franklinii. Franklin's Rosy Gull. A beautiful mounted specimen 



is in Mr. Prentice's collection. 



276. .Sterna Wilsoni. Wilson's Tern. Rare in migration. 



277. Sterna Forsteri. Forster's Tern. Migratory. 



278. Sterna frenata. Least Tern. Rare. 



279. Hydrochelidon plumbea. Short-tailed Tern. Migratory. 



Colymbidae — Grebes. 



280. Colymbus torquatus. Loon. Migratory. 



281. Podicipes cornutus. Horned Grebe. 



282. Podilymbus podicipes. Carolina Grebe, Dabchick. Common. Probably breeds 



in Kansas. 

 Lawrence, Kansas, April 7th, 1873. 



