PELECANID.E. 



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SUB-FAMILY III. 

 Pelecanin^. TJte Pelicans j)vopp.r. 



Gen. Chaeac. — Bill lengthened, slender, depressed on the culinen, the sides 

 much compressed, and the tip hooked and more or less compressed ; the 

 nostrils i^laced in the lateral grooves, and scarcely visible; the wings 

 lengthened and pointed ; the tail rather short, and generally wedge-shaped ; 

 the tarsi short and robust ; the toes lengthened, with the outer one equalling 

 the middle one, and all four united together by a membrane ; the lower 

 mandible and throat furnished beneath with a membranous pouch, more 

 or less capable of extension. 



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Fig. 212. — the white pelican. 

 {Felecaniis Onocrotalus.) 



These large birds are very widely distributed over 



the world. In the northern parts of America they 



are found as far as 61°. They live in the vicinity 



of rivers or lakes, and on the sea-coast. In the 



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