PELECANI. 269 



1265. Sternum of male, witli right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. 



From Clarence liiver (^E. P. Ramsay). S. S. 10G5. 



Presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Plotus anhinga. 



Plotus an7ihu/((, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 218 (1766); Baird, 

 Brewer, and Kidgway, Water-Birds N. Am. ii. p. 166 (1884). 



The Amekican Anhinga or Snake-biiid. 



Hah. Tropical and Subtropical America. 



1266. Skeleton (some cervical vertebrse missing). 0. C 1179 b. 



From the Zoological Society. 



Suborder IV. PELECANI*. 

 \_Cf. Sharpe, Eeview, p. 77 f-] 



A. Palate desmognatlious. 



B. Basipterygoid processes absent. 



C. Mandible not produced and recurved behind its articulation 



with the quadrate. 



D. Clavicle anchylosed to sternum. 



E. Dorsal vertebrae heterocoelous. 



F. Plumage of neck continuous : no bare tracts. 



G. Hallux united to second digit by a web. 



H. Flexor perforans digitoriim not \e'^(\.mgio\\d}\\XK. 



Genus PELECANUS. 

 Linnaeus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 215 (1766). 



Pelecanus onocrotalus. 



PelecanKS onocrotalus, Linnoeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 215 (1766); 

 Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 193, pi. 393 (1879). 



The Eoseate Pelican. 



Ilah. Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia. 



1267. Skeleton. 0. C. 1167. South Collection. 



1268. Skull. 0. C. 1168 a. Purchased. 



* Cf. Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus. p. 37 (1891). 



t Cf. also Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist. Birds, p. 185 ; Seehohm, Classif. 

 B. p."26; Mivart, Trans. Zool. Soc. x. p. OLo; ShutVldt, Tr. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. xi. pp. 310-31O ; Giebel, Zeitschr. ges. Nuturw. ]«i!r), p. i'.";0. 



