Birds of Grant and Traverse Cos. 
Minn, June, 18*76 Roberts Benner 
78 . Felecanus trachyrhynchus, Lath.. White Pelican. — As tliis 
trip was especially undertaken with a view o£ visiting a Pelican roost or 
camp in the vicinity of Herman, of which vague rumors had reached us 
in Minneapolis, our disappointment was rather keen in not finding the 
birds there the present season. The fact that they were formerly there 
we fully substantiated. Their nesting-place was about fifteen miles north- 
westerly from Herman, on the border of a small stream, nearly choked with 
grass, called the Mustinka River. They were discovered about the last 
of June, 1878 , and frequent visits were paid to them by the inhabitants of 
Herman, who considered it a nine-days wonder. A number of eggs had 
been taken, and the birds were otherwise greatly disturbed, so that this 
year they had deserted the locality. Although we spent a whole day. in 
the search we were unable to find them. We saw several, however, at 
Brown’s Valley and on Lake Traverse, hut we were unable to discover 
their nesting-place. 
Bull. N.O.O. 5, Jan., 1880, P.20 
(V'f/t/ 
J 
1328. A Stray Pelican \_P. erythrorhynchos , at Oakland, Md.~\. By 
Sportsman. Ibid . , No. 16, May 12, p. 345. 
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