484 ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



MEEGUS SEBBATOE, Linn. 



Red-breasted Merganser. 



Mergws serrator, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 20S.— Newb., E. E. E. Rep., vi, 1857, 104.— 

 Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 14.— Heerm., F. E. E. Eep., x, pt. iv, 1859, 71.— 

 Coop. & Suckl., F. E. R. Eep., xii, pt. xii, 18G0, 2G4.— Coues, Key N. A. 

 Birds, 1872, 290.— Snow, Birds Kan., 1S73, 11.— Yarrow & Henshaw, 

 Eep. Orn. Specs., 1S72, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 32.— Coues, Birds North- 

 west, 1S74, 584. 



Rather common at Utah Lake in November, more so than either of its 

 congeners. Apparently preferred the river to the open lake, doubtless find- 

 ing in the former the smaller kinds of fish, a fishy diet being especially 

 adapted to its tastes, and as a consequence its flesh is the poorest of all the 

 ducks, being coarse and rank. 



MEEGUS CUCULLATUS, Linn. 

 Hooded Merganser. 



Mergus cucullatus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 17GG, 207.— Newb., F. E. E. Eep., vi, 1857, 105.— 

 Heerm., P. E, E, Eep., x, pt. ii, 1859, 71.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 

 29G.— Yarrow & HENsnAW, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 32.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 584. 



Lophodytes cucullatus, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 816. — Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1859, 109 (New Mexico).— Coop. & Suckl., P. E. R. Rep., xii, pt, ii, 

 1800, 265.— Hayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 18G2, 176.— Stev., U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Terr., 1S70, 406.— Allen, Bui. Mus. Conip. Zool., 1872, 183— 

 Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 15. 



Of common occurrence on the waters of Utah. Not met with by our 



parties elsewhere, though in fall its distribution is quite general, as is the 



case with its congeners. 



Order STEGANOPODES: 



TOTIPALMATE BlRDS. 



Fam. PELEGANIDAE: Pelicans. 



PELECANUS TEACHYEHYNCHDS, Lath. 



American Pelican. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, Gmel., Syst, Nat., i, 1788, 571. — Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 

 868.— Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1S59, Birds, 27.— Coop. & 

 Suckl., E. R. R. Eep., xii, pt. ii, I860, 265.— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila,, 1866,100 (Gila and Colorado Eivers).— Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 15.— 

 Yarrow & Henshaw, Eep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheelers Exped., 1874, 33. 



