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66 (127) Pelecanus californicus Ridgway 
CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICAN 
Synonyms—Pelecanus fuscus; Gray Pelican; Brown Pelican. 
Status—Varyingly common throughout the year along our whole seacoast ; 
least so, and more locally restricted, in spring. Occurs on the bays, but not often 
away from salt water; one interior record: Rancho Dos Rios, Stanislaus County, 
three individuals, September 19, 1913 (J. Mailliard, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 228). 
Breeds chiefly south of our limits, but colonies have lately been ascertained to 
breed at Anacapa and San Miguel islands (Willett, Condor, xm, 1910, pp. 171, 
173), on Santa Cruz Island (Willett, Pae. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 21), and on 
Santa Barbara Island (Willett, loc. cit.; H. Wright and G. K. Snyder, Condor, 
xv, 19138, p. 90). 
67 (128) Fregata aquila (Linnaeus) 
MAN-0’-WAR-BIRD 
Synonyms—Tachypetes aquilus; Frigate Pelican. 
Status—Rare and irregular visitant coastwise; casual in the interior; seems 
to come irrespectively of season. Record stations are as follows: Farallon 
Islands (J. G. Cooper, Proe. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1v, 1868, p. 12); Catalina Island 
(J. G. Cooper, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, pp. 69, 79) ; San Diego and San 
Francisco (Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Bds. N. Amer., 0, 1884, p. 130) ; 
Humboldt Bay (T. S. Palmer, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sei., 2nd ser., 1, 1889, p. 88) ; 
Pasadena (R. H. Lawrence, Auk, x, 1893, p. 362); Santa Clara (Ogilvie-Grant, 
Cat. Bds. British Mus., xxvi, 1898, p. 443) ; Long Beach, Santa Monica and Los 
Angeles (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 10); San Pablo Bay (Gif- 
ford, Auk, xxm, 1905, p. 408) ; Long Beach (Linton, Condor, xm, 1911, p. 168) ; 
Santa Barbara (Dawson, Condor, xiv, 1912, p. 223) ; Hueneme, Ventura County, 
and Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles County (Willett, Pace. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, 
pp. 21, 22). 
68 (129) Mergus americanus Cassin 
AMERICAN MERGANSER 
Synonyms—Mergus merganser americanus; Merganser americanus; Fish 
Duek, part; Sawbill, part; Goosander; Sheldrake. 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant coastwise and to interior valleys: 
Los Banos, Merced County (Mus. Vert. Zool.); Alamitos Bay, Los Angeles 
County (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 10) ; Long Beach, Redondo, 
and Los Angeles (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 22); Elsinore Lake, 
Riverside County (Nordhoff, Auk, xix, 1902, p. 213) ; San Diego (Belding, MS) ; 
and other indefinite records. Recorded as summering about lakes and along 
streams in the Sierra Nevadan region: Lake Tahoe (Belding, MS; Law, Condor, 
xiv, 1912, p. 41) ; lower MeCloud River and Eagle Lake (Townsend, Proce. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., x, 1887, p. 193; Sheldon, Condor, 1x, 1907, p. 186) ; Kern River Lakes, 
Tulare County (A. K. Fisher, N. Amer. Fauna no. 7, 1893, jos IIBy))e 
