194 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST. 
12. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus (Swainson.) Double- 
crested Cormorant. The data on this species are somewhat 
confusing. Webster states that he has never seen a specimen 
in Floyd County, but has seen them at various times near 
Clear Lake, in Cerro Gordo County. I have never observed the 
species, either in Floyd or adjoining counties, although there .- 
is a specimen in the Miles collection labelled “Floyd, 1891.” 
On the other hand Mrs. W. I. Fredrickson and John R. Waller, 
both reliable observers, saw a flock of 10 of these birds near 
Charles City on April 14, 1919, and a week later Mr. Waller 
identified the species. This year (1921) comes an unsub- 
stantiated though probably reliable record of the Cormorant 
from Mitchell County. 
13. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (Gmel.) White Pelican. 
This species was at one time a tolerably common migrant 
(Waller, Webster, Swartz). The Miles collection contains 
one specimen taken near Charles City in 1890. This is the 
latest record I have been able to find. 
14. Mergus americanus (Cass.) Merganser. Rare 
migrant, there being no records of it since 1908 when speci- 
mens were shot by Mr. Waller. The Miles collection contains 
a specimen taken near Charles City in 1904. : 
15.. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.) Hooded Merganser. 
Both Webster and Waller state that this species was never 
common in Floyd and adjoining counties. The Miles collec- 
tion contains two specimens taken in 1894 “on the Cedar 
River.” 
16. Anas platyrhynchos (Linn.) Mallard. A common 
migrant, arriving in the latter part of March. Webster and 
Waller state that it once nested in Floyd, Cerro Gordo and 
Mitchell counties, but it does not do so at the present. 
17. Anas rubripes (Breswter.) Black Duck. Very rare 
migrant. I have a questionable identification for April 18, 
1918. One specimen, taken near Floyd in 1896, is in the 
Miles collection. : 
18. Chaulelasmus strepterus (Linn.) Gadwall. Uncom- 
mon or rare mirgant. I saw three individuals on March 29, - 
