ORDER STEGANOPODES. 45 



[B , C , R6 4 6<z, C 7 5 9 .] 



GEOG. DIST. Pacific coast of North America, from Washington 

 south to Cape St. Lucas and Mazatlan, Mexico. 



124. Phalacrocorax urile (GMEL.). 



Red-faced. Cormorant. 



Pelecanus urile GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 575. 



Phalacrocorax urile RIDGW. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 162. 



[B C 534 , R6 4 7, C 757 .] 



GEOG. DIST. Pribilof, Aleutian and Kuril Islands, and coast of 

 Kamchatka. South in winter to northern Japan. 



FAMILY FELECANID-SJ. PELICANS. 



GENUS FELECANUS LINN^US. 



Pelecanus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 132. Type, by elimina- 

 tion, P. onocrotalus LINN. 



SUBGENUS CYRTOPELICANUS REICHENBACH. 



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

 eryth rorhynchos GMEL. 



125. Felecanus erythrorhynchos GMEL. 



American White Pelican. 



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

 [6615, C 526, R 640, C 74 8.J 



GEOG. DIST. Temperate North America, north in the interior to 

 about Lat. 61, south in winter to western Mexico and Guatemala; 

 now rare or accidental in the northeastern States ; abundant in the 

 interior and along the Gulf coast ; common on the coast of California. 



