Birds of Southern New Brunswick. 
Jn£. OiiawhsriaiM, 
20. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. American White Pelican. — One 
of these birds in the collection of the Natural History Society was shot on 
the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Pt. du Chene by Mr. Robert 
Bustin, and I have very good authority for announcing the occurrence of 
another at Cape Spencer, some five miles east of St. John, during the 
first week in April, 1SS1. 
Bull. N.O.a, 7 e April* 1883. P .103 
Pelicans on the Move. — Mr. Wm. Smith, who resides at Burlington 
Beach, at the west end of Lake Ontario, and who is making observations 
for the Migration Committee of the A. O. U., reports his station being 
visited by five White Pelicans on March 13. The wind was blowing strong 
from the southeast, and the birds came up the lake before it. flying heavily, 
and passing his house alighted on the ice on the bay. They seemed very 
tired, and at once squatted flat, with the head and neck drawn in and resting 
between the shoulders, in which position they might readily have been 
mistaken for chunks of ice. Mr. Smith examined them closely with his 
glass at a distance of 300 to 400 yards and then tried to reach them with 
the rifle. When the ball landed among them they jumped straight up and 
moved 100 yards farther off. They were very unwilling to move, and 
gave opportunity for two more long but unsuccessful shots, and finally 
went off east down the lake again, flying low and hugging the shore for 
shelter from the wind. The last time this species visited the Bay was in 
the month of May, and they stayed fishing around the inlet for a day or 
two, and two of their number were shot by a fisherman ; the other two 
then made off. — T. McIlwraith. Hamilton , Ontario. 
Auk, I, Oct., 1884. p. 
The White Pelican on Lake Ontario.-In the last number of ‘The Auk 
fn tcK) Mr. McIlwraith records a visit of five White Pelicans to the west 
end of Lake Ontario, March 13, 1884. The birds had evidently spent 
some time in the neighborhood, for I learn from Capt. Thos. Campbe , 
Keeper of Burlington Bay Lighthouse, that four Pelicans were seen there 
February 5-7, 1884.— C. Hart Merriam, Locust Grove , N. T. 
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Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. American White Pelican. — A male was 
shot on May 27, 1899, in the western bend of Lake Nipissing, Ontario. — 
James H. Fleming, Toronto , Cau.&g J Cl XVII, April, 1900, p. '77, 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H. Fleming. 
Pt.I, Water Birds. 
Hypothetical List. 
AuK, XXIII, Oct., 1906, p.453. 
9. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. American White Pelican. — A 
rare straggler; has been reported several times, but no specimens have 
been taken here, though there are several Lake Ontario records. 
WMte A p r ehtn Re fpT;? f ° r th6 AmeriCan White Pelican.- An American 
T i ( pe! f c anus erythrorhynchos) was taken on the shores of 
erpoo ay m the Arctic Ocean, in June or July, 1900 by an Eskimo 
who skinned it, removing nearly every bone in the proves The bW 
of SeTk'T t he K Soon afterwards by the Rev. I. 0. Stringer, now Bishop 
John Maughan the bird. is now m my collection. Bishop Stringer tells 
the ESkim °- Liverp001 ^ is » Lat. 70°, Long 
128 . James H. Fleming, Toronto, Out g ‘ 
Auk, XX111, Apr. , 1900 . 
