CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 73 
bird is from Louisburg, Cape Breton island, N.S., where one was 
shot, May Igth, 1904. The specimen is in the Provincial museum 
atuHlalifax N.S. 
127. California Brown Pelican. 
Pelecanus californicus Ripew. 1884. 
I was informed by a close observer that a brown pelican fre- 
quented Sumas lake, Fraser valley, B.C., for some time. (Svooks.) 
Not common; onetaken at the mouth of Fraser river by Mr. 
J. C. Hughes in November, 1880. Since then, one was killed near 
Race rocks, and in September of the following year, I shot and 
wounded one on the flats above Seymour creek, Burrard inlet, 
B.C., but failed to secure it. (/annin.) 
Famity XIII. FREGATIDAE. Man-O’-War Birps. 
XLII. FREGATA Brisson. 1760. 
128. Man-O’-War Bird. 
Fregata aquila (LINN.) REICH. 1852. 
Accidental on the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence. One shot at Cole harbour, Nova Scotia after a 
southern gale. (Dowans.) One shot at Godbout on the St. Law- 
rence by Mr. Comeau in 1884. (Dzonne.) 
OrpER, ANSERES. LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS. 
Famity XIV. ANATIDAR. Ducks, GEESE AND Swans. 
XLII]. MERGANSER Brisson. 1760. 
129. American Merganser. Goosander, 
Merganser americanus (CAss.) STEJN. 1885. 
This species breeds in New Brunswick (Chamberlain), a migrant 
in Nova Scotia (H. F. Tufts), breeds in Newfoundland (Xee’s), in 
Labrador (Zow), on Prince Edward island and Sable island 
(Macoun), and is a common summer resident in Quebec. 
