BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACLEXai!. CORMORANTS. 



GENUS PHALACROCORAX BEISSON. 

 SUBGENUS PHALACROCORAX. 



B. 623. R. 643. C. 751. G. 304. U. 120. 



16. Phalacrocorax dilophlis (Sw. &RICH.). Double-crested Cormorant. Migra- 

 tory; not uncommon. Arrive the last of March to first of April. To be looked 

 for in the old deep channels of the rivers in the low-timbered lands. 



B. 625. R. 644. C. 754. G. 305. U. 121. 



17. Phalacrocorax mexicanus (BBANDT). Mexican Cormorant. Prof. Snow 

 in his catalogue of the birds of Kansas, says: "Migratory; rare; a single speci- 

 men taken four miles south of Lawrence April 2, 1872, by George D. Allen." 



FAMILY PELECANID^l. PELICANS. 



GENUS PELECANUS LINN^US. 

 SUBGENUS CYRTOPELICANUS REICHENBACH. 



B. 615. R. 640. C. 748. G. 303. U. 125. 



18. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos GMEL. American White Pelican. Migratory; 

 quite common. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 



FAMILY FREGATID.S1. MAN-O'-WAR BIRDS. 



GENUS FREG-ATA CUVIEB. 



B. 619. R. 639. C. 761. G . U. 128. 



19. Fregata aquila (LINN.). Man-o'-War Bird. A straggler. Mr. Frank Lewis, 

 of Downs, Kansas, reports to me the capture of the bird on the north fork of 

 the Solomon river, in Osborne county, August 16th, 1880. It was killed with a 

 stone, while sitting on a tree. The specimen has passed out of his hands; but 

 he sends me a photograph of the bird, taken after it was mounted, which removes 

 all previous doubts as to its identification. The birds are strictly maritime, and 

 largely parasitical in habits. Their home is on the coast of tropical and sub- 

 tropical America. They are known to be great wanderers along the sea-board; 

 but this is, I think, the first record of its being found away from the coast-range, 

 and to straggle so far inland it must surely have been crazed or bewildered. 



