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120; Rounded islet, 250; Alexander island, 400; North Rock, 200; Destruc- 

 tion island, 300; Willoughby Rock, 1000; Split Rock, 10; Grenville Arch, 

 120; Erin's Bride, 120; Erin, 100; the Island of the Strait of Fuca on the 

 American side, 1000. Total number, 7840. 



Description: This bird resembles the Pelagic cormorant above, but is 

 much smaller and has a much slenderer bill. 



Nest: The nest is a pile of sticks on a flat rock, or in some protected 

 crevice in the rock wall. 



Family Pelecanid.e: Pelicans. 

 Genus Pelecanus. 

 125. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. American White pelican. A rare 

 visitant. An Indian brought me the skin of one he had killed. I 

 never saw one alive. 



Description: Plumage mostly white; large pouch of naked skin, as a fish 

 net, is attached to lower mandible and neck front. Length of bird nearly 6 

 feet. 



127. Pelecanus californicus Ridgw. California Brown pelican. Only one 

 individual of this species was seen. It was evidently a stray. 



Description: Bird similar to No. 125 above, but brownish in color, with 

 reddish pouch. 



Order ANSERES: Lamellirostral Swimmers. 

 Family Anatid.e: Ducks, Geese and Swans. 

 Genus Merganser. 



129. Merganser americanus Cass. American merganser; sheldrake; water 



pheasant; diver; goosander; saw-bill, etc. A common summer 

 resident. It nests in the up-stream regions, coming down the 

 stream with the broods in the latter part of August. They some- 

 times stay all the year. 



Description : This is a handsome duck, but coarse meated and poor 

 flavored. Breast of male pale salmon-white in color; sides and neck white; 

 tail and rump gray; middle of wing white, rest black; shoulders black; 

 head and short crest a glossy greenish black. Upper parts of body of fe- 

 male bluish gray, except white on middle of wing; breast and chin white; 

 head, neck and crest plumage light brown; bills of both sexes slender, with 

 edges of mandibles armed with sharp, strongly recurved teeth. 



These birds are good fishermen. They know how to drive the fish in 

 places where they can catch them. Sometimes one bunch of goosanders 

 will drive the fish toward another bunch of brother goosanders, and vice 

 versa. Sometimes they will also fight over a fish. Their warning note is 

 "Carr. corr. " These birds are frequent visitors of the "lagoon" at 

 LaPush. 



130. Merganser serrator Linn. Red-breasted merganser. Not common. 



Description: Head and crest a glossy greenish black; neck and middle 

 of wings and belly white, the latter shading into cream color; rump and 

 aides gray; back black; chest buffy brown. 



Nest : The nest is placed a short distance from fresh water. It is made 

 of dry weeds, sticks, moss and grass, and is lined with down from the breast 

 of the female. The eggs vary from six to ten, are pale buffy in color to a 

 dull yellow cream color, and measure about 2.5 by 1.6 inches. 



