44 



Long Island (Butcher, Auk, x, 1893, p. 270). xAjiother was 

 killed at Roslyn, May 11, 1885 {Forest and Stream, xxiv, p. 



328). 



52. Pelecanus occidentalis. Brown PelicAxNT. 



A specimen taken off Sandy Hook, in 1844, constitutes the 

 only record (DeKay, Birds of New York, 1843, p. 294). 



53. Fregata aquila. Man-o-war Bird. 



A straggler from the tropics, it has occurred as far north as 

 Nova Scotia. One was shot, August 4, 1886, on Gardiner's 

 Island (Dutcher, Auk, v, p. 173). Another was captured on 

 Faulkner's Island, Long Island Sound, in 1859 (Grinnell, 

 Amer. Naturalist, ix, p. 470). 



54. Merganser americanus. American Merganser. 



'A not very common winter visitor, November 4 (Amityville) 

 to December 30 (Amityville). It comes southward in the fall 

 much later than the Red-breasted species and a veteran bayman 

 has stated to me that he never has seen it until the first ice 

 has formed at the edges of the bay. 



55. Merganser senator. Red-breasted Merganser. 

 Abundant transient visitor. 



As a migrant it is common, Oct. 15 (Amityville) to Dec. 25 

 (Rockaway) and March 25 (Amityville) to^May 2 ( Amagansett) . 

 It is occasionally seen on the bays in thousands. Occasionally 

 small flocks or single birds are found in summer and large 

 flocks are not unknown in winter. Eight were seen July 11 

 at Freeport by the writer. They do not breed on Long Island 

 but they may occur here at any time of the year. 



56. Lophodytes cucuUatus. Hooded Merganser. 



Common transient visitant, Nov. 5 (Montauk) to Dec. 14 

 (Amityville). Possibly a rare summer resident, for two adult 

 females were collected in reedy sloughs at Canarsie June^LS,, 



