A CHECK-LIST OF BIRDS KXOWX TO OCCUR 

 REGULARLY IX MIXXESOTA 



WATER BIRDS 

 ORDER: Diving Birds 



Family : — Grebes. 



Western Grebe. Camp.: — S.R. Straggler E. i^Lake Minnetonka, 

 Hennepin Co., May 29, 1917, Roberts) 



Holboell's Grebe, Red-necked Grebe. S.R. 



Horned Grebe. S:— T.V. X:— S.R. 



Eared Grebe. Camp: — S.R. 



Pied-billed Grebe, Dabchick, Helldiver. S.R. 

 Family: — Loons. 



Loon, Great Xortherx Diver. S.R. 



ORDER: Long- winged Swimmers 



Family: — Gulls and Terns. 



Herring Gull. S:— T.V. X:— S.R. Lake Superior:— P.R. 



Ring-billed Gull. T.V. 



Franklin's GuU, Franklin's Rosy Gull. W:— S.R. E:— T.V. 



Bonaparte's Gull. T.V. 



Caspian Tern. T.V. 



Forster's Tern. S.R., chiefly W. 



Common Tern, Wilson's Tern. S:— T.V. X:— S.R. 



Black Tern. S.R. 



ORDER: Totipalmate Swimmers 



Family: — Cormorants. 



Double-crested Cormorant, Black Loon, Shag. S.R. 

 Family : — Pelicans. 



White Pelican. T.V.: formerly S.R. 



ORDER: Lamellirostral Swimmers 



Family: — Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 



^fergansers, Shelldrakes, or Fish Ducks 

 Merganser, Am. Merganser, Goosander, Big Saw-bill, Big 

 Shelldrake, etc. S: — T.V. X: — S.R. Lake Superior: — 

 P.R. 



