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Violet-green Cormorant < PhaJtn-rt,r/raf pelagictis robust us, 

 Rid<:\v . 



Abundant on both coasts of the Island: has been taken as far 

 north as Port Simpson. Breeds on Islands close to Sidney Island. 



FAMILY PELECANIILE. PELICANS. 

 PELK A N is. i Linnanis i . 



American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Gmel . 



Not common. Sicamous. Alexandria Bridge, Tranquille, 

 Comox, Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus californicus, Ridgw). 

 Not common. Race Rocks and Sumas Lake. 



ORDER ANSERES. LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 



FAMILY ANATIU^E. MERGANSERS. DUCKS, GEESE and SWANS. 

 MERGANSER. ( Brisson I . 



American Merganser (Merganser ainericanus, Casst. 



Found throughout the Province. Taken on West Coast of Van- 

 couver Island in May : also on Queen Charlotte Islands in July and 

 on Okanagan Lake all winter. 



Red-breasted Merganser (Merganser serrator, Linn). 



The red-breasted Merganser inhabits mast parts of the north 

 of Europe on the continent and as high as Iceland: also in the 

 Russian dominions about the great rivers of Siberia. It is said to 

 be frequent in Greenland, where it breeds on the shores. The inhab- 

 itants often take it by darts thrown at it. especially in August, being 

 then in moult. At Hudson's Bay. according to Hutchins, they come 

 in paii*s about the middle of June, as soon as the ice breaks up. and 

 build soon after their arrival, chiefly on dry spots of ground on the 

 islands : lay from eight to thirteen white eggs the size of those of a 

 duck ; the nest is made of withered grass and lined with down of the 

 breast. An abundant resident. 



