CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 225 
Family FREGATIDAH Man-o’-war birds 
57 (128) Man-o’-war bird4 
Fregata aquila Linn. 
Order Anseres Lamellirostral swimmers 
Family ANATIDAE Ducks, geese and swans 
58 (129) *American merganser 
Merganser americanus (Cass.) 
59 (130) *Red-breasted merganser 
Merganser serrator (Linn.) 
60 (131) *Hooded merganser 
: Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.) 
1There are two Long Island records. See American naturalist, 9:470; Auk, 5:173. 
