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(^3.) 125. Pelecanus ergthrorhynchus. 

 American White Pelican. (640.) 



General plumage white. Crest and 

 elongated feathers on the breast pale 

 yellow. Primaries and part of secon- 

 daries black. Bill, feet, and bare space 

 around eye yellow. Iris white. Length 

 70 inches. 



A rare straggler from the south. Re- 

 corded from Middle States and New Eng- 

 land. Breeds in Utah, Oregon, and 

 northward. Nest of sticks, on the 

 ground. Eggs two to four, about 3%x2% 

 inches, covered with a chalky white de- 

 posit. 



(44.) 126. Pelecanusfuscus. 

 Brown Pelican. (641.) 



Head white, except on the fore part 

 where it is yellow. A short reddish brown 

 crest. Beneath brownish ash, the sides 

 with narrow white lines. Legs and feet 

 black. Length 56 inches. 



A rare visitor from the South, Casual, 

 as far north as New England. Breeds in 

 large colonies from Florida southward. 

 Eggs 2 to 5, laid in April, May, and June. 

 Nests of sticks, grass, weeds, etc., on the 

 grounds or in trees. Eggs chalky white, 

 about 2x3 in. They plunge after fish 

 much in the manner of the Fish Hawk, 

 but catching them in their mouth. 



Mr. C. H. Prince, Dear Sir :— 



On June 6th I took a nest and set of 

 six eggs of the Crested Flycatcher in a 

 lone tree on the parrie, nest about the 

 size of a mocking bird made of small 

 sticks, moss, and cotton seed hulls, lined 

 with hair, feathers and snake skin. The 

 nest was on a limb 12 feet from the 

 ground, there was also a Kingbird build- 

 ing in the same tree and a sparrow nest 

 turned upside down, and the eggs broken 

 on the ground. Pretty good for one tree 

 I thought. Yours Trulv, 



Jesse W. Miller, 



Houston, Texas. 



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The Louisa 11 a Water Thrush 

 In Connecticut. 



There was a sluggish stream winding- 

 its tortuous way from one side to another 

 of a dense Alder swamp between two 

 thickly wooded hills before it reached the 

 pond at the mill, and there was only one 

 practical crossing place till you readied 

 the old long bridge just at the verge of 

 the swamp a long way above, so that I 

 often availed myself of this crossing to 

 shorten my route. Nature had place here 

 several large boulders in the stream and 

 though the water were deep among, 

 them they stood firmly in their places 

 jutting a few inches above the surface and 

 affording a secure stepping place as with 

 a few light leaps I was wont to gain a 

 crossing of the stream at this place. A 

 few steps further among the alders, logs 

 and brakes and the opposite bank was 

 securely reached. Just at the middle of 

 this crossing some violent gale had pros- 

 trated a large tree and raised up out of 

 the mud a huge pile of roots with the ad- 



