46 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
SuBGENUS LBEPTOPELICANUS REICHENBACH. 
Leptopelicanus Reicu. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vil. Type, Pelecanus 
Juscus LINN. 
126. Pelecanus fuscus LINN. 
Brown Pelican. 
Pelecanus fuscus Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 215. 
[B 616,27 R641, 740) | 
Geroc. Disr.— Atlantic coast of tropical and subtropical America, 
north on the Atlantic coast to North Carolina ; accidental in Illinois. 
127. Pelecanus californicus Ripew. 
California Brown Pelican. 
Pelecanus (fuscus ?) californicus Ripcw. Water B. N. Am. II. 
1884, 143. 
P [elecanus | californicus Ripew. |. c. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Pacific coast, from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, 
to the Galapagos. 
FamMiIty FREGATIDA. Man-o’-War Birps. 
Genus FREGATA Brisson. 
Fregata Briss. Orn. VI. 1760, 506. Type, Felecanus aquilus 
LINN. 
128. Fregata aquila LINN. 
Man-o’-War Bird. 
Pelecanus aquilus Linn. 8. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 133- 
Fregata aquila Retcu. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vi. 
[B 619, C 537, R 639, C 761.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Tropical and subtropical coasts generally; in 
America, north to Florida and Texas, and casually to Nova Scotia, 
Ohio, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Humboldt Bay, California. 
