1:42 . PELECANID2. 
“1. Pelecanus fuscus. 
The Pelican of America, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, ii. p. 93, t. 93". 
Pelecanus fuscus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 5707; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 233°; Taylor, Ibis, 
1860, p. 3164; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 13°; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 316°; 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 507; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 373°; Salv. Ibis, 1864, 
pp. 874°, 377°; 1865, p. 198"; 1889, p. 376%; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 379”; 
Grayson, Pr. Bost. Soe. N. H. xiv. p. 302; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 235 *; Nutting, 
Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 405", vi. p. 378"; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 169”; 
Stone, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1890, p. 203%; Richm. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 531”; 
A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, p. 46”; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 475”. 
Pelecanus thagus, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vég. p. 3 (nec Molina); Cab. J. f. Orn. 1863, 
p. 59”. 
Pelecanus californicus, Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. ii. p. 143; Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
xvi. p. 788°; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 46%; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 478°; Nelson, N. Amer. Fauna, no. 14, p. 32”. 
Ptil. hiem. Pallide canescens, plumis anguste nigro limbatis, scapularibus et tectricibus minimis latius marginatis ; 
dorsi plumis medialiter argentescenti-albis, late nigro lanceolatim marginatis ; remigibus nigris, secun- 
dariis extus canescentibus ; rectricibus canis, intus fuscioribus ; pileo, regione parotica et nucha cristata 
pallide stramineis, collo reliquo plumato albo, plumis rigidis marginem imam versus stramineo tinctis ; 
prepectore et corpore reliquo subtus fumoso-brunneis, lateribus albo lineatim striatis; subalaribus et 
axillaribus medialiter albis, late schistaceo-brunneo marginatis: rostro griseo vel brunnescente, coccineo 
irregulariter notato, apicem versus nigro; regione nuda orbitali cerulea ; gutture nudo sordide virescenti- 
brunneo, olivascenti-brunneo, vel etiam purpurascente ; pedibus nigris; iride flavescente. Long. tota 
circa 41:0, alee 19:5, caude 4-7, culm. 12:0, tarsi 2:9. (Descr. exempl. adult. ex Ins. Cozumel. 
Mus. nostr.) 
© mari adulto similis, sed paullo minor. 
é ptil. nupt. collo postico usque ad nucham velutino castaneo-brunneo, utringque albo vel pallide stramineo 
marginato. 
2 juv. Magis brunnescens, plumis conspicue brunneo marginatis ; pilei et colli plumis brunneis; prapectore 
et corpore reliquo subtus albis, lateribus schistaceo-brunneis, plumis albo medialiter lineatis. 
Hab. Coasts or TropicaL aND SusTRopicAL AMERICA, on the Atlantic side as far 
north as N. Carolina, accidental in Illinois (P. fuscus) 21, and on the Pacific side 
from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, to the Galapagos Is. (P. californicus) ?".— 
REvVILLAGIGEDO Is., Socorro I. (Grayson 4); Muxico (Deppe & Schiede * *4), 
Guaymas (Jouy%°), Mazatlan (Bischoff °, Grayson ®), Ventosa Bay, Tehuantepec 
(Sumichrast), Santa Ana, Vera Cruz (Ferrari-Perez!6), Yucatan, Progreso (Stone 
& Baker '®), Cozumel I. (Gaumer 1") ; Brivish Honpuras, Turneff Lagoon, Saddle 
Cay (0. 8.9 !°); Guaremata, Chiapam (0. 5.11); Honpuras, Fonseca Bay (Taylor **) ; 
Nicaragua, Greytown, Blewfields (Richmond ®°), San Juan del Sur (Nutting ™) ; 
Costa Rica, Gulf of Nicoya (Nutting 16); Panama (M‘Leannan®®, Kellett & 
Wood ?8).—Coast or Guiana; West InpIA Is.22 28, 
The western form of the Brown Pelican (P. californicus) has been separated by 
