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Interior of British North America. 
Mergus serrator. 
Mr. Murray and myself have both received the Red-breasted 
Merganser from Hudson's Bay. It is recorded in the ( Fauna 
Bor.-Am.' from the Saskatchawan, and by Mr. Ross as common 
on the Mackenzie. 
Lophodytes cucullatus. 
The Hooded Merganser is also given in the f Fauna Bor.- 
Am.' from the Saskatchawan; and Mr. Murray records it from 
Hudson's Bay, whence I have also seen it; Mr. Ross also records 
its occurrence on the Mackenzie. 
Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. 
The American Pelican, recorded from English River in the 
* Fauna Bor.-Am.,' and seen by me on. the Saskatchawan, has 
been supposed not to range east of Lake Winipeg; but Mr. 
Murray has recorded a specimen from Hudson's Bay. This is, 
however, only the locality from which he received it; and heim- 
forms me he cannot say where the bird was killed. The Grand 
Rapid, at the mouth of the Saskatchawan, is a favourite resort 
for numbers of Pelicans; and Mr. Ross notices them as frequent¬ 
ing the Mackenzie. 
Graculus dilophus. 
A specimen of the Double-crested Cormorant, from which the 
species was described by Swainson in the ‘ Fauna Bor.-Am.,' 
was killed on the Saskatchawan. Cormorants are at times com¬ 
mon on that river, but whether they are all of this species re¬ 
mains for future ornithological explorers to determine. G. dilo¬ 
phus is mentioned by Mr. Ross at Great Slave Lake, but no 
other species. 
Although I observed species of Petrels, Shearwaters, and 
Skaws on my voyage from England through Hudson's Straits 
to Hudson's Bay, I cannot include them among the birds of the 
interior of British North America; however, the following species 
of the genus Stercorarius are on good authorities. 
Stercorarius catarractes. 
Mackenzie River (Bernard Ross). 
