PELICAN. 



(Pelecanus onocrotalus, Linn. Lath. Ind. ii. p. 882. Bonap. Sy- 

 nops. No. 351. Rich, and Swains. North. Zool. ii. p. 472. Temm. 

 Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 891. Great Pelican, Pznn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 

 306. No. 305. Edwards, Glean, pi. 92. Le P6lican, Buff. Ois. 

 viii. p. 282. t. 25. Ibid. PI. Enlum. 87. [adult.] Le P6lican des 

 Philippines, Buff. PI. Enlum. 963. [young.] Pelecanns fuscus, and 

 P. manillensiSf Gmel. and Lath, also the young. Phil. Museum, 

 No ) 



Sp. Charact. — Middle nail entire ; primaries black ; the first much 

 longer than the fifth. — ^dult white, tinged with rose color; a 

 slender nuchal crest. Young whitish-grey ; back and wings dark 

 ash color. 



The Pelican, the largest of web-footed water fowl, known 

 from the earliest times, has long held a fabulous celebrity 



