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12. Sterna dougalli, Roseate Tern. A specimen of this rare acci- 
dental visitor to inland waterbodies was secured by Mr. Stoddard on 
the beach between Millers and Dune Park, August 14, 1916. This 
seems to be the first clear record for this bird in Indiana, for the records 
cited by Mr. A. W. Butler in his “Birds of Indiana” either are for 
adjoining states only or do not state whether the specimen was taken 
or not. 
13. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis, Black Tern. This species is 
extremely common in August and September at the southern end of 
Lake Michigan, where we have taken specimens as late as August 30 
(1916), still in the entirely black breeding plumage. If they do not 
nest in the region under discussion, they certainly do in the immediate 
vicinity, as on Wolf and Hyde Lake, almost on the state line, also in 
larger sloughs a little south of the dune region. 
ORDER STEGANOPODES: Totipalmate Swimmers. 
14. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus, Double-crested Cormarant. Al- 
though we have no recent records for the occurrence of this species, 
there are numerous ones for the immediate neighborhood of the dune 
region in a wider sense than as tsed above, such as Liverpool, Lake 
County, three miles south of Millers, where one was taken October 16, 
1896; it is frequently seen in Chicago, at the lake in the south end of 
the metropolis, and in the adjoining parts of Michigan. Mr. K. W. 
Kahmann, the Chicago taxidermist, frequently has specimens sent to 
him from Kouts, Porter County. Hence there can be no doubt as to 
the occurrence in the dune region in the restricted sense indicated above. 
15. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, White Pelican. Mr. F. M. Woodruff 
reports two at Millers, seen in the fall of 1896, and I have seen a speci- 
men at Mr. K. W. Kahmann’s shop, taken at Kouts, Porter County. 
There can be no doubt as to the casual occurrence of this species in the 
dune area. 
ORDER ANSERS: Lamellirostral Swimmers. 
16. Mergus americanus, Merganser. This is a common migrant and 
winter resident. They were common at Millers December 17, 1895, and 
on January 14, 1897; four were seen there. 
17. Mergus serrator, Red-breasted Merganser. Of the same status 
as the preceding species. Saw two at Millers, November 30, 1918. 
18. Lophodytes cucullatus, Hooded Merganser. Another common 
migrant and winter resident all over the southern end of Lake Mich- 
igan, with the added difference that it also breeds in the vicinity, along 
the Kankakee River. It no doubt formerly bred along the Grand and 
Little Calumet, and near the larger dune ponds, and may do so still. 
