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Family PHALACROCORACID.E. Cormorants. 

 Cormorant (Pliahicrorcora.v carbo). It is not c<inini(iii south of Maine, 

 and is rare in this vicinity. 



Double-crested Cormorant { I'lialacroionLV aiiriliis). A common spring 

 and fall migrant. 



Family PELECANID.E. Pelicans 



White Pelican {Pclccamis crythrorhynchos) . Now rare .or accidental on 

 the Atlantic coast. Two specimens have been taken in this vicinity, one at 

 Canarsie Bay, L. I. (Dutcher, Auk, X, 1S93, p. 270). the other, a male, at 

 Roslyn, May 11, 1885 (Forest and Stream, XXIV, 1885, p. 328). 



Brown Pelican {Pclccaiius occidciitalls). Breec^s as far north as South 

 Crirolina and occasionally strays up the coast as far as Massachusetts. DeKay 

 records a specimen from Sandy Hook. 



Order ANSERES. L.\mellirostr.\l Swimmers. 



Family ANATID.H. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



American Merganser; Shelldrake (Merganser aincricanus) . Not com- 

 mon from November to April. 



Red-breasted Merganser; Shelldrake [Merganser serrator) . On Long 

 Island it is a very common spring and fall migrant (Dutcher. MS). 



Hooded Merganser {Lophodytcs cucnUatus). A not common migrant 

 and occasional winter visitant. 



Mallard (Anas boschas). An irregular transient visitant, occurring in 

 spring, winter and fall. 



*Black Duck (Anas obscura). Breeds from New Jersey to Labrador and 

 winters from Massachusetts southward. It formerly nested in this vicinity, but 

 now is found chiefly as a migrant, and less commonly in the winter. It still nests 

 at some points on the Jersey coast and in a few localities on Long Island, 

 (Dutcher, MS). (See group, second floor). 



The Red-legged Black Duck, a supposed race of the Black Duck has been 

 rc-corded from Long Island by Braislin (.\uk, XXI. 288), but the status of this 

 form is as yet too unsettled to make it desirable definiteh- to introduce it here. 



Gadwall { Chanlclasinus strc/^cnis). A very rare migrant in this vicinity. 



European Widgeon (Marcca pcnelope). An Old World species which 

 occurs rarely on our coast. It has been taken at Leonia. N. J. ( Chapman. Auk, 

 VI, 1889, P- 302). 



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