CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 223 



Family PELECANIDAE Pelicans 



53^(125) American white pelican 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. 



Family FREGATIDAE Man-o'-ivar Urds 

 54 (128) Man-o'-war bird 1 



Fregata aquila Linn. 



Order Anseres Lamellirostral swimmers 

 Family ANATIDAE Ducks, geese and swans 



55l( I2 9) American merganser 



Merganser americanus (Cass.) 



56 (130) Red-breasted merganser 



Merganser serrat'or (Linn.) 



1 There are two Long Island records. See American naturalist, 9 : 470; Auk, 5 : 173. 



