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splashed brown when young, and with black tips to the 

 wings. Its beak is yellow with red spot on the lower 

 mandible. It is found throughout North America. 



Loon. 



Common Seagull. 



Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) . The white Pelican 

 is known at once by its great size — about five feet long 

 and eight feet across the wings — by its long beak, its 

 pouch, and its feet fully webbed. Its plumage is white, 

 but the wing tips are black. It is found in the interior of 

 America up to Great Slave Lake. 



Wild Duck or Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos) . Of all our 

 numerous wild ducks this is the best known. It is about 

 twenty-three inches long. Its bottle-green head, white 



