PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 8 



Order CTCONIIFORMES Stork-like Birds 



vSuborder STEGANOPODES Totipalmate Swimmers 



Family PELECANIDAE Pelicans 



27. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin. Wiirrii Pi:licax. 



28. Pelecanus californicus Riclt;\vay. Calif():.:m.\ liuow x Pki.icax. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDAE Cormorants 



29. Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus Ridgway. Faraij.o.n CoRiMOR- 



ANT. 



30. Phalacrocorax penicillatus ( Rrandt). Braxdt Cormorant. 



31. Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens Audubon. B.mrd Cormorant. 



Family FREGATIDAE Frigate-birds 



32. Fregata aquila (L,innacus). M.vn-o'-war-iurd. 



Suborder ARDEAF. Herons, Bitterns, etc. 

 Family ARDEIDAE Herons, Ritterns, etc. 



33. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu). Amkricax Ritti:rx. 



34. Ixobrychus exilis (Cmelin). Rkast BrrTKRx. 



35. Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus. Grplat P)I.l'i-: IIi-lron. 



36. Ardea herodias treganzai Court. Pallid Bllie Heron. 



37. Herodias egretta ((jnielin). American Egret. 



38. Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmelin). Snowy Ecret. 



39. Butorides virescens anthonyi (Mearns). .Vxtiioxv Greex Heron. 



40. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius ( Roddaert ). Black-crowned Night 



Hi-:rox. 



Suborder CICOXLAE Storks. R)ises„ etc. 

 Family CICONIIDAE Storks and Wo^d Raises 



41. Mycteria americana Linnaeus. Wood Ii;is. 



Family IBIDIDAE Ibises 



42. Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus). White-eaced Glossy Iris. 



Family PLATALEIDAE Spoon-bills 

 [43.] Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus). Roseate Spoon-bill. 



Order ANSERIFORMES Goose-like Birds 

 Suborder ANSERES Ducks, Geese and Swans 

 Family ANATIDAE Ducks, Geese and Swans 



44. Mergus americanus Cassin. American Merganser. 



45. Mergus serrator Linnaeus. Red-breasted Merganser. 



46. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus). Hooded Merganser. 



47. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus. Mallard. 

 [48.] Anas rubripes Brewster. Black Duck. 



49. Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus). Gadwall. 



