54 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



sex Co., Mass., Putn., p. 221; Guilford, Conn., Linsl., 

 p. 271.) A species recorded, as above, but by no other 

 writers, so far as I can learn. Its occurrence is entirely 

 exceptional. 



PELECANIDJE. 



Pelecanus trachyrhynchus Lath. — American White 

 Pelican. ("P. erythrorhynchus" of Gmelin, which 

 name conveys an erroneous impression regarding it, and 

 should be rejected.) Accidental. One instance of its 

 recent capture in New, England. (Calais, Me., Boardm., 

 p. 130.) The habitat of this species seems to have 

 changed greatly since the accounts of the earlier authors 

 were penned. New England lies much without its ordin- 

 ary range as now recognized. 



PHALACROCORACID^. 



Oraaulus dilophus Gray. — Double-crested Cormorant. 

 Not uncommon along the coast during the winter. 



Graculus carbo Gray. — Common Cormorant. Shag. 



Common winter visitant along the coast. 



No. 1195, immature. Off Gloucester, Essex Co. C. J. Maynard, 

 Jan., 1867. 



PBUETONIDiE. 



PHiETON FLAViKOSTEis Brandt. — Tropic Bird, (iep- 

 turus candidus Briss. ; Phceton aether eus, Audubon, B. 

 Am., vii, p. 64, pi. 427; P. flavirostris Brandt, Bull. 

 Acad. St. Petersb. i, 1837, p. 349 : Lawrence, B. N. A., 

 1858, p. 884.) A specimen. No. 1087, agrees with the 

 descriptions and figures here cited, and should undoubt- 

 edly bear the above name. 



No. 1087. South Atlantic. H. F. Shepard, 1856. 



Phaeton ? Another excellent specimen in the 



collection differs much from the former, and appears to 

 be of a different species. It is much larger, with a bright 

 vermilion bill, and with the back finely mottled with 

 black and white. I do not know the proper name of this 

 species, unless it is the true cethereus of Linnaeus, as con- 



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