26 Wyoming Birds. 



70. Sterna hirundo: Common Tern. 



Blackwelder in the Teton region saw what he judged to be 

 this bird. This is our only record other than that in 1902 

 by Knight. 



77. Kydrochelidon nigra surinamensis: Black Tern. 



The records of this bird are from Cody. Sheridan, Lake 

 Como, Cheyenne and Douglas. 



ORDER IV. STEGANOPODES. 



PHALACROCORACIDAE, (Cormorants). 



From the economic standpoint the. Cormorants in Wyoming are 

 of no importance. They feed upon fish. 



119. Phalacrocorax carbo: Cormorant. 



"Probably accidental. There is but one recorded for Wyo- 

 ming and that is from Bond of Cheyenne." (Knight.) 



120. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus: Double-crested Cormorant. 



There are but three Wyoming records, two from the Lar- 

 amie Plains and one from near Buffalo. See Lockwood 

 and Knight. 



PELECANIDAE (Pelicans). 

 The Pelican feeds upon fish and, what is more serious, it is 

 said to spread disease among the fish of the lakes in and near the 

 Yellowstone Park. 



References : 



1. Year Book, Department of Agriculture, 1900, p. 434. 



2. Chapman's Hand Book of Birds, 1912, p. 184. 



125. Pelecanus erythrorynchos: White Pelican. 



Fairly common summer resident in the northwestern part 

 of the state. 



126. Pelecanus occidentalis: Brown Pelican. 



"Accidental. A single specimen has been taken by Bond at 

 Cheyenne and is now in the High School collection in 

 Cheyenne." (Knight.) ■ 



