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44- Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. 6 Rich?}. DOUBLE- 

 CRESTED CORMORANT. (120.) Breeds from Dakota, Minnesota, and 

 the Bay ofFundy northward, and winters from Illinois and Virginia 

 southward. It is here a common spring and fall migrant. 



Family PELECANID^. PELICANS. 



45. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. WHITE PELICAN. 

 (125.) North America ; now rare or accidental on the Atlantic 

 coast ; breeds from southern Minnesota northward and winters 

 along the Gulf coasts. Two specimens have been taken in this 

 vicinity, one at Carnarsie Bay, L. I. (Dutcher, Auk, X, 1893, p. 270), 

 the other, a male, at Roslyn, May n, 1885 (Forest and Stream, 

 XXIV, 1885, p. 328). 



46. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. BROWN PELICAN. (126.) 

 Breeds as far north as South Carolina, and occasionally strays up 

 the coast as far as Massachusetts. DeKay records a specimen 

 from Sandy Hook. 



Order ANSERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers, 



Family ANATID^E. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 



47. Merganser americanus (Cass.\ AMERICAN MERGANSER ; 

 SHELLDRAKE. (129.) Breeds from southern New Brunswick north- 

 ward, and winters from the southern limit of its breeding range 

 southward to the Carolinas. In this vicinity it is not common from 

 November to April. 



48. Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTED MERGAN- 

 SER ; SHELLDRAKE. (130.) Breeds from New Brunswick northward 

 to the Arctic Regions and migrates southward to Cuba. On Long 

 Island it is a very common spring and fall migrant (Dutcher, MS.). 



49. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn). HOODED MERGANSER. 

 (131.) North America generally, breeding locally throughout its 

 range. Near New York it is a not common migrant and occasional 

 winter visitant. 



50. Anas bochas Linn. MALLARD. (132.) Northern parts 

 of the Northern Hemisphere. In America it is more common in 

 the interior, and rarely breeds on the Atlantic coast south of La- 

 brador. It is here an irregular transient visitant, occurring in 

 spring, winter, and fall. 



