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125. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. [640.] American White Pelican. 

 Winters abundantly in the Gulf States, and breeds from southern 



Minnesota northward. The records for 1884 show plainly that they are 

 not those of the real 'firsts,' but the dates when the species happened to 

 be seen, and nothing further can be obtained from them than the gen- 

 eral statement that during the month of April this species was mi- 

 grating in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, and Minnesota. 

 At Yermillion, Dak., at least five hundred were seen in a single flock 

 April 21. 



In the spring of 1885 flocks of Pelicans, probably this species, were 

 seen at Gainesville, Tex., March 7 and April 6. They were reported 

 from Cimarron, Kans., March 9; Mount Pleasant, Iowa, March 18; Grin- 

 nell, Iowa, March 30 ; and Huron, Dak., April 3. The last were seen at 

 Linwood,Nebr., April 16; Ferry, Iowa, April 29; Manhattan, Kans., May 

 1; and at Heron Lake, Minn., 30 were seen May 10, and 50 May 12. 



In the fall of 1885 the first, a flock of 11, came to Grinnell, Iowa, 

 September 13, and the first was seen at Emporia, Kans., October 13 ; at 

 Saint Louis, Mo., the first was seen September 14 ; a large body passed 

 over October 6, and the last was seen October 7. 



126. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. [641.] Brown Pelican. 



A southern species ; accidental once in Illinois, where it was seen by 

 Mr. O. K. Worthen. It is a common resident along the Gulf coast, and 

 breeds abundantly in eastern and southeastern Texas. Mr. C. W. Beck- 

 ham states that it is said to breed in the lakes above Bayou Sara, Loui- 

 siana. (Bull. HT. O. C, Vol. VII, 1882, p. 165.) 



128. Fregata aquiia (Linn.). [639.] Nan-d* -War Bird. 



Besident along the Gulf coast. The Man-o'-War Bird is strictly a 

 maritime species, hence its occurrence at a distance of 800 miles from 

 the nearest salt water is a matter of special interest. One was killed 

 with a stone while sitting on a tree in Osborne county, Kans., August 

 16, 1880. It was mounted by Mr. Frank Lewis, of Downs, Kans. He 

 has lost track of the specimen, but a photograph of it, taken after 

 mounting, is now in my possession and identifies it beyond a doubt. 

 A still more remarkable case occurred during the same month (August, 

 1880) in Wisconsin. A Man-o'-War Bird was killed while flying in the 

 vicinity of Humboldt, a small village on the Milwaukee river a few 

 miles north of Milwaukee, Wis. The bird was preserved and is now in 

 the Milwaukee Public Museum. 



129. Merganser americanus (Cass.). [636.] American Merganser. 



A common species, wintering from Kansas and Illinois southward, 

 and breeding from Minnesota northward. In 1884 the bulk reached 

 Burlington, Iowa, March 5; Kewton, Iowa, March 17, and the first 

 came to Heron Lake, Minn., March 24. 



In the spring of 1885 it was seen at Sbawneetown, 111., February 27, 

 and was not again seen until it had reached Heron Lake, Minn., 



