Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 19 



Pelecanus californicus. 



CALIFORNIA IJKOWN PELICAN. 



A few examples liave l)een observed alons:; the coast of British 

 Columbia. 



Fregata aquila. 



MAN-O'-AVAIl r.IKI). 



Two of these birds have been taken in Canadian waters — 

 one off Halifax, October i6, 1876, and one olf Point des Monts, 

 P. O., by Mr. Comeau, August 13, 1S84. 



Merganser americanus. 



AaiERICAN MEIIGANSEU. 



A common species throughout the Dominion, breeding from 

 about the 45th parallel to the Hudson's Bay region. Some winter 

 in New Brunswick and in Southern Ontario, 



Merganser serrator. 



KED-lJllEASTEI) MERGANSEK. 



This is the " Shell-drake" of sportsmen, and is distril)uted 

 over the entire Dominion, though more abundant near the 

 Atlantic and Pacific coasts than in the interior. It breeds irom 

 about the 45th parallel to the Arctics, but none winter in Canada. 



Lophodytes cucullatus. 



H()OI>i:i) MERGANSER. 



An abundant summer resident of Canada, breeding through- 

 out its range (which extends to the Fur Countries), excepting in 

 Southern Ontario, where it occurs as a migrant only. 



