BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 9 
Order STEGANOPODES. Totipalmate Swimmers. 
Famity SULIDA. GaNNETS. 
GENUS SULA. 
SuBGENUS DYSPORUS. 
26. Gannet. 
(Sula bassana.) 
An accidental visitor from the Atlantic coast. 
Famity PHALACROCORACID &. 
Genus PHALACROCORAX. 
SusGENuS PHALACROCORAX. 
27 Cormorant. 
(Phalacrocorax carbo.) 
An uncommon spring and autumn visitor to the larger bodies of 
water. Probably breeds in the northern part of the Province. 
28. Double-crested Cormorant. 
(Phalacrocorax dilophus.) 
A regular but not a common spring and autumn visitor to our 
lakes, probably breeds about the waters of the northern part of the 
Province, 
FamMiIty PELECANID-. 
GrENusS PELECANUS. 
SUBGENUS CYRTOPELICANUS. 
29. American White Pelican. 
-(Pelicanus erythrorhynchos.) 
An accidental visitor to the great lakes. 
Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers. 
Famity ANATIDA. Ducks, GEESE AND SWANS. 
SUBFAMILY MERGIN AL. MERGANSERS. 
Genus MERGANSER. 
30. American Merganser. 
(Merganser americanus.) 
