46 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Subgenus LEPTOPBLICANUS Reichenbach. 



Leptopelicanus Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vii. Type, Pelecanus 

 fuscus Linn. 



126. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. 



Brown Pelican. 



Pelecanus fuscus Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 215. 

 [B 616, C 527, R641, C749.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Atlantic coast of tropical and subtropical America, 

 north on the Atlantic coast to North Carolina ; accidental in Illinois. 



127. Pelecanus californicus Ridgw. 



California Brown Pelican. 



Pelecanus (^fuscus ?) californicus Ridgw. Water B. N. Am. II. 



1884, 143. 

 P\elecanus'] californicus Ridgw. 1. c. 



[B— C— R— , C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast, from Burrard Inlet, British (Columbia, 

 to the Galapagos. 



Family FREGATID-ffl. Man-o'-War Birds. 



Genus FREGATA Brisson. 



Fregata Briss. Orn. VI. 1760, 506. Type, Pelecanus aquilus 

 Linn. 



128. Fregata aquila Linn. 



Man-o'-War Bird. 



Pelecanus aquilus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 133. 

 Fregata aquila Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vi. 

 [B 619, C 537, R 639, C 761.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Tropical and subtropical coasts generally; in 

 America, north to Florida and Texas, and casually to Nova Scotia, 

 Ohio, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Humboldt Bay, California. 



