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t was approached without much difficulty and killed. Upon 

 examination the body was found to be emaciated and the pouch 

 entirely empty. This specimen is now in the Museum of Pictou 

 /Academy. On the first of June, 1893, an adult male of the same 

 species was shot on Pictou Island by Mr. J. W. Hogg. A third 

 specimen was shot by the same gentleman on May 15th, 1895, at 

 :he east end of Pictou Island. 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



The third specimen mentioned above is now in the museum of 

 the Geological Survey. 



127. California Brown Pelican. 



Pelecanus califortdcus Ridgw. 1884. 



I was informed by a close observer that a Brown Pelican 

 Ei;e£uented SumasLake, FraserValley,5^.,forsome time. {Brooks.) 

 Not common ; one taken at the mouth of Fraser River by Mr. J. 

 C. Hughes in November, 1880. Since then one was killed near 

 Race Rocks, and in September of the following year, I shot and 

 wounded one on the flats above Seymour Creek, Burrard Inlet, 

 B.C., but failed to secure it. {Fannin.) 



Family XIII. FREGATID.^. Man-O'-Wak Birds. 

 XLII. PREGATA Brisson. 1760. 



128. Man O' War Bird. 



Fregata aquila (Linn.) Reich. 1852. 



Accidental on the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. One shot at Cole's Harbour, Nova Scotia, after a 

 southerly gale. {Downs) One shot at Godbout on the St. 

 Lawrence by M. Comeau in 1884. {Dionne-) 



museum specimen. 



One egg of this species taken in Yticatan, Central America, 

 April loth, 1890. 



