BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



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125. 



74. STERNA ANTILLARUM. 



LEAST TERN. 



Rare. Migrant, Niagara River. 



77. HYDRGCHELIDON NIGRO SURINAMENSIS. 



BLACK TERN. 



My son Edward Reinecke shot one floating down Nia- 

 gara River, above the Falls, Aug. 2d, 1903. Is in 

 my collection. It is also mounted and in the collec- 

 tion of the B. Soc. of Nat. Sciences. Migrant. 



PHALACROCORAX CARBO. 



CORMORANT; SHAG. 



Rare. Migrant. Niagara River. Quite a number were 

 taken by LeBlond below the Horseshoe Falls 1910. 



PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS. 

 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. 



Accidental. Jacob Koch, former resident of Buffalo, 

 shot a fine specimen years ago on Niagara River. 



MERGANSER AMERICANUS. 



AMERICAN MERGANSER. 



Are quite common on Niagara River above the Falls, 

 and I have a small young specimen in my collec- 

 tion which was taken from the nest in a hole of a 

 horizontal limb of an elm tree near Sherkston, On- 

 tario, 10 miles from Buffalo. Have been very 

 abundant for years in the lake, near the Lacka- 

 wanna Steel Works. James Savage took photo- 

 graphs of them. 



MERGANSER SERRATOR. 



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 

 Quite common on Niagara River. On hazy nights they 

 go over the Horseshoe Falls and are easily pro- 

 cured. Migrant. Have been in large numbers 

 with the American Merganser. 



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LOPHODITES CUCULLATUS. 



HOODED MERGANSER. 

 Rare. Migrant. In the winter of 1909 

 Howard shot 5 on Niagara River. 



Mr. Ethan 



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