202 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Family PROCELLARIDyE. Fulmars and Shearwaters. 



20. Cory's vShearwater. Puffinus horcalis. (Cory.) 

 Recorded by Atkinson, being identified by him from a wing of a 



shearwater taken at Beaufort. 



21. Greater Shearwater. Puffinus major. (Faber.) 

 Maynard writes in a letter of late date, " I have just returned 



from a trip to the Bahamas, and on our way up, when off Cape 

 Hatteras, some fifty miles out, I saw a number of greater shear- 

 waters. This was July 4, 1897. 



22. Sooty Shearwater. Pnffinus stricklandi. (Ridgw. ) 



One specimen was taken by Dr. Coues, May 21, 1870, another 

 was taken at Beaufort, June 8, 1892, by H. H. Brimley. 



Family SULID*. Gannets. 



23. GannET. Sula hassana. (Linn.) 



Several were recorded by Dr. Coues at Fort Macon in 1869-70, 

 being seen during the foul weather. 



Family PHALACROCORACID/E. Cormorants. 



23. Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax dilofhus. 



(Sw. & Rich.) 



Very common visitor on the coast in winter ; one specimen taken 

 near Asheville, November, 1887. 



25. Florida Cormorant. Phalacrocorax dilo-phus Jioridanus. 

 (And.) 



Tolerably common on the coast in summer, except the very 

 hottest months, probably breeds. 



Family PELICANtD>E. Pelicans. 



26. American White Pelican. Pelecaniis arythrorhynchos. 

 (Gmel.) 



One was taken by Brimley at Raleigh in 1884; in May, 1889, a 

 flock of forty went up the French Broad river, five of which were 

 taken by Cairns. 



27. Brown Pelican. Pelecanus fuscus. (Linn.) 

 An irregular summer visitor on the coast. 



Family ANATID^. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



28. American Merganser. Mcrcr-anser americanus. (Cass.) 

 Common winter visitor on the coast ; tolerably spring transient 



in the mountains. 



29. Red-breasted Merganser. Merganser scrrator. (Linn.) 

 Abundant winter visitor along the water courses of the eastern 



section. 



