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611. Mergics americanus, Cass. Sheldrake. Whole of North America. 813 
612. Mergics serrator, Linn. Red-breasted Merganser. Whole of North America and 
Europe - ..... 814 
613. Lophodytes cucullatus , (Linn.) Reich. Hooded Merganser. Whole of North 
America. 816 
614. Mergellus albellus, (Linn.) Selby. Smew. Northern parts of Old World ; very 
accidental in America. 817 
615. Peleeanus ( Cyrtopelecanus) erythrorhynchus, Gmelin. American Pelican. North 
America generally, on both shores and in the interior. 868 
616. Peleeanus (Onocrotalus) fuscus, Linn. Brown Pelican. South Atlantic and Gulf 
coasts of the United States ; coast of California. 870 
617. Sula (Sula) bassana, Briss. Common Gannet: Solan Goose. Atlantic coast of 
North America and Europe. 871 
618. Sula (Dysporus) fiber, (Linn.) Booby Gannet. South Atlantic and Gulf coast of 
United States.-. 872 
619. Tachypetes aquilus, (Linn.) Vieillot. Frigate Pelican : Man-of-war Bird. South 
Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States and southern coast of 
California. Generally distributed in tropical regions. 873 
620. Graculus (Phalaerocorax) carbo, (Linn.) Gray. Common Cormorant. Atlantic 
coast of North America to New Jersey, (in winter) and Europe • ■ 876 
621. Graculus (Phalaerocorax) perspicillatus , (Pallas,) Lawrence. Pallas’s Cormorant. 
Russian America. 877 
622. Graculus (Phalaerocorax) cincinnatus, (Brandt,) Gray. Tufted Cormorant. Sitka, 
Russian America. 877 
623. Graculus dilophus, (Sw.) Gray. Double Crested Cormorant. Arctic North 
America ; south to Carolina and California in winter. 877 
624. Graculus floriclanus, (Aud.) Bon. Florida Cormorant. South Atlantic and Gulf 
coasts of United States and some distance inland. 879 
625. Graculus mexicanus, (Brandt,) Bon. Mexican Cormorant. Coast of Texas and Rio 
Grande; Cuba. 879 
626. Graculus (Urile) penicillatus, (Brandt,) Bonap. Brandt’s Cormorant. West coast 
of North America. 880 
627. Graculus (Urile) violaceus, (Gmelin,) Gray. Violet Green Cormorant. West 
coast of North America. 881 
628. Plotus anhinga, Linn. Snake Bird : Water Turkey. Fresh waters of South 
Atlantic and Gulf States. 883 
629. Phaeton fiavirostris, Brandt. Yellow-billed Tropic Bird. Tropical regions of the 
Atlantic seas. 855 
630. Diomedea (Diomedea) exulans, Linn. The Wandering Albatros. Pacific ocean ■ 821 
631. Diomedea ( Phoebastria) brachyura, Temm. The Short-tailed Albatros. North 
Pacific; coasts of California and Oregon. 822 
632. Diomedea ( Thalassarche) chhrorhyncha, Gmel. The Yellow-nosed Albatross. Pa¬ 
cific ocean ; coast of Oregon... 822 
633. Diomedea ( Phoebetria) fuliginosa, Gmel. The Sooty Albatross. Pacific coasts of 
California and Oregon. 823 
