112 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



FAMILY PELECANLDJE. PELICANS. 



GENUS FELECANUS LINN^US. 



Pelecanus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 132. Type, by elimination, P. 

 onocrotalus LINN. 



SUBGENUS CYRTOPELICANUS REICHENBACH. 



Cyrtopelicanus REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. vii. Type, Pelecanus ery- 

 throrhynchos GMEL. 



125. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos GMEL. 



American White Pelican. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 571. 

 [B 615, C 526, R 640, C 748.] 



HAB. Temperate North America, north in the interior to about 

 Lat. 61, south to Central America ; now rare or accidental in the 

 Northeastern States ; abundant in the Middle Province and along the 

 Gulf coast ; common on the coast of California and Western Mexico. 



SUBGENUS LEPTOPELICANUS 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, R 641, C 749-] 



HAB. 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. 



