484 ZCXiLOGY— niRDS. 



MEUr.rS SEURATOi;, Limi. 

 Rrd-I>i*eastcd ]TIerj;an§or. 



Mcryus serrator, LiNN., Syst. Nat., i, 17GC, 208.— Ne-wb., P. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 104.— 

 Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 14.— Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1859, 71.— 

 Coop. & Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. xii, ISGO, 2()4.— CouES, Key N. A. 

 Birds, 1872, 29G.— Snoav, Birds Kau., 1873, 11.— Yarrow & IIenshaw, 

 Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 32.— CoTJES, Birds North- 

 west, 1874, 584. 



Rather common at Utah Lake in Koveniber, more so than either of its 

 congeners. Apparently preferred the river to the open lake, doubtless find- 

 ing in the former the smaller kinds of fish, a fishy diet being especially 

 adapted to its tastes, and as a consequence its flesh is the poorest of all the 

 ducks, being coarse and rank. 



MERGUS CUCULLATUS, Linn. 

 Hooded IHerg^anser. 



Mcrgm cucuUatus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 17G6, 207.— Newb., P. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 105.— 

 Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., x, pt. ii, 1859, 71.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 

 29G.— Yarrow & IlENsnAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, .32.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 584. 



Lophodytes cucidlatus, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 81G. — Henuy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, J09 (New Jlexico).— CooP. & SUCKX., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 

 18G0, 2()5.— IlAvn., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 18G2, 176.- Stev., U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 4GG.— Allen, Bnl. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1872, 183.— 

 Snow, Birds Kau., 1872, 15. 



Of common occiuT^-ence on the waters of Utah. Not met with by our 

 parties elsewhere, though in fall its distribution is quite general, as is the 

 case with its congeners. 



Order STEGANOPODES: 



TOTIPALMATE BiRDS. 



Fam. PELECANIDAE: Pelicans. 



PELECANUS TRACnYRQYNCHUS, Lath. 

 American Pelican. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, Gmel., Sy.st. Nat, i, 1788, 571.— Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 

 8G8.— Jrf., U. S. & Jlex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 27.— Coop. & 

 Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, ISGO, 2G5.— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 18GG, 100 (Gila and Colorado Rivers).— Snow, Birds Kau., 1872, 15.— 

 Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Oru. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 33. 



