BIRDS OF MINNESOTA. 33 
that in 1885,from some cause not quite certain, they sought 
new breeding quarters, having deserted the famous grand peli- 
canry ‘for many isolated localities never before occupied.” 
Mr. Armstrong, of Herman, Grant Co., ‘‘found a solitary nest 
near the town containing two eggs.” Certainly these circum- 
stances justify the conclusion that the Pelicans have not yet 
deserted Minnesota as a breeding place. 
PELECANUS FUSCUS L. (126.) 
BROWN PELICAN. 
Reasonably credible rumors from three different localities on 
the western borders of the State add one Brown Pelican each 
to the list of straggling visitors within our borders. I am very 
familiar with them in sections where they abound, but have 
never seen any within my present province. 
