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Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.) Eeich. — Hooded Sheldrake. 



Occasionally met with in the wooded valleys of the Truckee and Car- 

 son Elvers, but it seemed to be rare. — (Bidgway.) 



PELECAOTD^. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Gmel. — American White Pelican. 



Found in the interior of the State. Was noticed again opposite Fort 

 Mojave in September, and on the Colorado Eiver below Ft. Yuma in 

 December, where they are probably resident. 



GEACULID^. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. & Eich.) Kutt. — Double-crested Cormorant. 

 A specimen of this bird existed in a small collection at Carlin, which 

 was said to have been shot near that locality in the marshes at the mouth 

 of Maggie Creek. Said to occur at Pyramid Lake and along the lower 

 portion of the Truckee Eiver, where Mr. Eidgway found this the only 

 species of the family. 



Larus californicus Lawr. — California Gull. 



Mr. Eidgway mentions this species as the only Gull found in the Great 

 Basin during summer, but entirely absent in winter, when its place is 

 supplied by L. delawarensis. 



Larus delawarensis Ord. — Eing-billed Gull. 



Was observed only as a winter sojourner at Pyramid Lake, being en- 

 tirely absent from there in summer. — (Eidgway.) 



Sterna regia Gamb. — ^Eoyal Tern. 



More or less common in May at Washoe Lake, and near Pyramid Lake, 

 and in September at the Humboldt Marshes. — ( Eidgtoay.) 



Sterna forsteri Nutt. — Forster's Tern. 



Common throughout the summer in the vicinity of Pyramid, Euby, 

 and Franklin Lakes, and the Humboldt Marshes. — {Bidgicay.) 



PODICIPID^. 



^chmopliorus occidentalis (Lawr.) Cones. — Western Grebe. 



According to Mr. Eidgway, this species appears a permanent resident 

 at Pyramid Lake. The specimen in his collection was found " snow- 

 bound" in the sage-brush near Carson City, "being discovered by its 

 tracks in the deep snow, where it had scrambled along for a hundred 

 yards or more. It was headed toward the Carson Eiver, and had evi- 

 dently come from Washoe Lake, about five miles distant, and becoming 

 exhausted by the long flight had fallen to the ground.'' Mr. Henshaw 

 has also obtained this species in Nevada since Mr. Eidgway's visit to 

 that region. 



