BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



Order STEGANOPODES. Totipalmate Swimmers. 



Famk.y SULID^. Gannets. 

 Genus SULA. 



Subgenus DYSPORUS. 

 26. Gannet. 



(Sula bassana.) 

 An accidental visitor from the Atlantic coast. 



Family PHALACROCOPACID.E. 

 Genus PHALACROCORAX. 



Subgenus PHALACROCORAX. 



27 Cormorant. 



(Phalacroeorax carbo.) 



An uncommon spring and autumn visitor to the larger bodies of 

 water. Probably breeds in the northern part of the Province. 



28 Double-crested Cormorant. 



(Phalacroeorax dilophus.) 



A regular but not a common spring and autumn visitor to our 

 lakes, probably breeds about the waters of the northern part of the 

 Province. 



Family PELECANIDJE. 



Genus PELECANUS. 



Subgenus CYRTOPELICANUS. 



29. American White Pelican. 



(Pelicanus erythrorhyncho.s.) 



An accidental visitor to the great lakes. 



Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers. 



Family ANATID.^. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



Subfamily MERGING. Mergansers. 



Genus MERGANSER. 



30. American Merganser. 



(Merganser americanus.) 



