Notes on the Birds. aZit 
near Terre Haute. <A fine specimen got by Mr. Kendry at a pond just north 
of Terre Haute, April 14, 1888. Length, 33.5 inches. 
No record for Carroll or Monroe. 
12. PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS Gmelin. WHITE PELICAN. (125) 
Very rare spring and fall migrant. I have never, myself, seen this species 
in Vigo County, but I have been told by various persons that they had 
seen it years ago. Dr. Scoyell examined a specimen shot near Terre Haute, 
about May 12, 1888. One was secured on Tippecanoe River, Carroll County, 
by my friend W. W. Black, in the spring of 1881. No records for Monroe. 
13. MERGUS AMERICANUS Cassin. MERGANSER. (129) 
Rather common spring and fall migrant; frequently seen on the Wabash 
and on various creeks. The first duck to arrive in the spring and the last 
to pass through in the fall. 
Carroll County: March 1, 1878, a female taken on Deer Creek, near Cam- 
den. March 1, 1879, several seen on Deer Creek: others seen and a male 
gotten four days later; and, on March 14 of same year, several seen in the 
market in Lafayette. A fine male, in splendid plumage, obtained on Deer 
Creek, above Camden, March 23, 1885. The shot. fired merely winged it 
slightly. The creek was covered with ice except in a few places. The duck, 
in attempting to escape, dived and, coming up under the ice, swam along 
some distance. The ice was clear and it was easy to follow the bird. After 
swimming perhaps a hundred yards under the ice, it came up against the 
bank in shallow water, where it was captured by cutting a hole through the 
ice above it. 
Flocks of five to 20 seen on Deer Creek or the Wabash, February 13 and 
18, and April 21 and 22, 1883; February 13 and 17, and March 10 to 18, 
1884; March 10 to 15, 1885, several seen on Deer Creek daily, and on the 
18th, they were abundant. 
A favorite place for them in Deer Creek was the long stretch of quiet 
water just below the old Leonard mill, east of Camden. Here the left, or 
south bank of the creek, is a high bluff, and, in the creek under this bluff, 
from a few to several of these large interesting birds might be seen almost 
any day in spring after the ice had disappeared. Other places that were 
favorite haunts of this species were the open water, just above the drift or 
log-jam, above the old Dillen mill site, and at the Adam Porter mill, a mile 
below Camden. 
On February 17, 1885, I saw six or seven at Fry’s mill in Adams township, 
where the creek was open. The day was very cold, the snow deep and more 
falling. Mr. Wm. Coble, of that neighborhood, said that a few of these 
ducks usually remain all winter in open spaces in the Wabash, near the 
Georgetown mill. 
Vigo County: Seen occasionally in the markets. March 9, 1888, a female 
gotten on the Wabash, near Terre Haute. 
14. MerGUS SERRATOR Linnieus. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. (130) 
A rare migrant; noted only in Carroll and Vigo; no records for Monroe. 
