men shot supposedly near Omaha, and mounted by F. J. Brezee at that place. 

 It has since developed, however, that the bird may have been secured either 

 in Iowa or Missouri, and unless it can be definitely determined where the 

 specimen came from this species must be excluded from our list.] 



Family FREGATIDjE— Frigate Birds . 



[The second family is represented by 128. Fregata aquila (Linnaeus), the 

 Frigate Bird or Man-o'-War Bird, a species of tropical and subtropical oceans 

 which because of its- extraordinary powers of flight occasionally strays in- 

 land into temperate regions, and has been recorded from Texas, Kansas, 

 Ohio, and Wisconsin. In the spring of 1884 Bruner saw a bird near West 

 Point which he took to be this species, and a later oceanic acquaintance 

 with it has convinced him of the correctness of the identification. But in 

 view of the unusual nature of the record and the lack of a specimen it is not 

 given full standing in the list.] 



Family PHALACROCORACIDjE— Cormorants 



1. Pouch orange, white at base; wing under ll inches; young with belly 



black Mexican Cormorant. 



1. Pouch wholly orange; wing over 11 inches; young with belly brown. .(2) 

 2. Wing 12 to 13 inches long, tail 6J, bill 2\; color browner 



Double-crested Cormorant. 



2. Wing 11J to 12£ inches long, tail 5\, bill 2j* ; color blacker 



Florida Cormorant. 



120. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Swainson and Richardson) — Double-crested 

 Cormorant. 

 A not common migrant. West Point, Omaha, Lincoln, Nebraska 

 City, York, Beatrice, Neligh, Cherry county, etc. April, and October 

 and November. Breeds from northern states northward. 

 [The Florida Cormorant, 120a. P. d. floridanus (Audubon) has been re- 

 ported several times from Nebraska, but all the specimens at present availa- 

 ble are referable to dilophus. However birds occur which are decidedly 

 smaller than average dilophus, and since floridanus has been found north 

 to southern Illinois as a breeder, it is thought best to leave its status an 

 open question for the present. The Mexican Cormorant, 121. Phalacrocorax 

 mexicanus (Brandt), reported by Bruner, was not seen by him personally, 

 but included in his list on the statement of a friend, who probably had seen 

 a specimen of the common species. It has, however, been found north to 

 southern Illinois and Kansas, and may straggle to Nebraska.] 



Family PELICANIDJE— Pelicans 



1. Plumage white, primaries black; crown brownish in young; tarsus over 

 3J inches White Pelican. 



1. Plumage gray above, brownish below, head white, in summer hind neck 

 brown; young brownish, white below; tarsus under 3J inches. 

 ■ Brown Pelican. 



