LIST AND DESCRIPTION 49 
It would not surprise us to hear of an occasional nest of 
any of the migratory Gulls or Terns being found in the north- 
eastern part of the State, for those that are now stragglers doubt- 
less nested in the State when the country was new. 
FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDA2. CORMORANTS 
120. DouBLE-CRESTED CoRMORANT (Phalacrocorax auritus auritus.) 
This beautiful bird is a rare migrant in the eastern part of 
the State and probably does not nest here. Three specimens 
taken from this locality are in the University Museum. 
Head, neck and under parts black; back brown mixed with 
black; throat orange; tufts on sides of head just above eyes dur- 
ing breeding season; tip of bill hooked. They use the strong tail 
feathers as a third leg in standing. 
FAMILY PELECANIDA. PELICANS 
125. Wuite Pe.ican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.) 
We have the Pelicans only in migration when large flocks 
are seen in May resting on sandbars along the Missouri River. 
Later they may be found for a few days on any of the larger 
lakes in the eastern part of the State. They are the last of our 
large swimmers to come north in spring, and the first to return 
south in autumn. Their nesting haunts at present are in Can- 
ada, Yellowstone Park, Utah, California, and Oregon. 
In water they are sluggish, which probably accounts for 
many of them being shot every year in the State, although they 
are not edible. 
The plumage is white, save for the black outer under- 
wing feathers. They measure about five feet from tip of bill 
to end of tail, but the long yellow bill, with pouch underneath, 
takes up at least twelve inches. The pouch is probably not used 
for carrying a supply of food, as many think, but for scooping 
up minnows in shallow water. The regurgitated food is depos- 
ited in this bag, and from it the young feed. . 
FAMILY ANATIDA:. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 
This family is divided into five sub-families: Mergine, 
