A CHECK-LIST OF BIRDS KNOWN TO OCCUR 

 REGULARLY IN MINNESOTA 



WATER BIRDS 



* 

 ORDER: Diving Birds 



Family : Grebes. 



Western Grebe. Camp.: S.R. Straggler E. (Lake Minnetonka, 

 Hennepin Co., May 29, 1917, Roberts) 



HolboelPs Grebe, RED-NECKED GREBE. S.R. 



Horned Grebe. S: T.V. N: S.R. 



Eared Grebe. Camp: S.R. 



Pied-billed Grebe, DABCHICK, HELLDIVER. S.R. 

 Family : Loons. 



Loon, GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. S.R. 



ORDER: Long-winged Swimmers 



Family: Gulls and Terns. 



Herring Gull. S: T.V. N: S.R. Lake Superior: P.R. 



Ring-billed Gull. T.V. 



Franklin's Gull, 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. N: 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. 



Mergansers, Shelldrakes, or Fish Ducks 



Merganser, AM. MERGANSER, GOOSANDER, BIG SAW-BILL, BIG 

 SHELLDRAKE, etc. S: T.V. N: S.R. Lake Superior: 

 P.R. 



