112 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Family PELECANID^. Pelicans. 



Genus PELECANUS Linn^us. 



Pelecanus Linn. S. N. ed. lo, L 1758, 132. Type, by elimination, P. 

 onocrotalus Linn. 



Subgenus CYRTOPELICANUS Reichenbach. 



Cyrtopclicanus Reich. Syst. A v. 1852, p. vii. Type, Pelecanus ery- 

 throrhynchos Gmel. 



125. Pelecanus erjrthrorhynchos Gmel. 



American White Pelican. 



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



[B 615, C 526, R 640, C 748.] 



Hab. Temperate North America, north in the interior to about 

 Lat. 61°, south to Central America ; now rare or accidental in the 

 Northeastern States ; abundant in the Middle Province and along the 

 Gulf coast ; common on the coast of California and Western Mexico. 



Subgenus LEPTOPELICANUS Reichenbach. 



Leptopelicanus Reich. Syst. A v. 1852, p. vii. Type, Pelecanus fuscus 

 Linn. 



126. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. 



Brown Pelican. 



Pelecanus fuscus Linn. S. N. ed. 12, L 1766, 215. 



[B 616, C 527, R 641, C 749.] 



Hab. Atlantic coast of tropical and subtropical America, north on 

 the Atlantic coast to North Carolina; accidental in Illinois. 



127. Pelecanus califomicus Ridgw. 



California Brown Pelican. 



Pelecanus (Jiiscns?) califomicus RiDGW. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 



143- 

 F\elecanus'\ califomicus RiDGW. 1. c 



