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park on their migrations. In September and October, 1SS7, Dr. 

 Grinnell found small terns abundant on the Lower St. INIary Lake. 

 They were apparently feeding on small fish ami were busy over the 

 shallows near the inlet, where thej^ were wind-bound for several days. 



Order STEGANOPODES: Totipalmate Swimmers. 

 Family PHALACR0C0RACID7E: Cormorants. 



DoTJBLE-CRESTED CoRMOKANT : Phaldn^ocorax aiiritvs our! f us. — One 

 of these singular black birds with long snakj^ neck and plumelike 

 crests over the eyes was added to the park list by Dr. Grinnell, 

 October 15, 1887, when he found it on the Upper St. Mary Lake 

 below the narrows. 



Family PELECANIDi^: Pelicans. 



White Pelicax : Pclecanvs crythrorhi/iirhoH. — The great, spectac- 

 idar white pelicans, with iheir long bills and large orange fish 

 pouches, have been seen by Mr. Gibb at Lakes INIcDonald and Sher- 

 burne in July and August, usually in twos, evidently wandering after 

 the breeding season. Dr. Grinnell, in October, 1887, saw a solitarj^ 

 wanderer at Pike Lake near the foot of Chief Mountain. It ap- 

 peared from the north just before sunset and spent the night on the 

 lake. 



These records, together with those of other rare birds, while inter- 

 esting in themselves are peculiarly so to the observer who by care- 

 ful watching may make equally notable discoveries. 



Order ANSERES: Lamellirostral Swimmers. 

 Family ANATID^: Ducks, Geese, and Swans. 



Merganser: Mergiix amerkanus. — JNIr. Stevenson informs me that 

 the merganser breeds throughout the park. One of the females with 

 light reddish brown head and horizontal crest was seen August 6 

 hj Mr. Bailey on Swiftcurrent Creek, below the falls; and two 

 others with one of the green-headed, light-breasted males were seen 

 on August 27 on Lake McDonald. On April 11, when ]\Ir. Bailey 

 visited the lake, mergansers were common there, and were said to have 

 been there all winter; during the weeks when the lake was frozen 

 over, gathering in considerable numbers in the rapids of ISIcDonald 

 Creek. On April 21 and 22 they were on the lake in moderate num- 

 bers. Many were also seen along the North Fork of the Flathead 

 between April 11 and 21. 



Mr. Higginson, when collecting just outside the park, wrote: "Six 

 birds — two males and four females (or young) — stayed around 

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