82 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



inland body of water. Eggs 1-3 or 4, 3.34 X 2.22. Hah. Whole of tem- 

 perate North America, north in the interior to about 61°, south, in 

 winter, as far as Guatemala ; rare along Atlantic coast of the United 



States 125. P. erythrorhynchos Gmel. American White Pelican. 



a^. Tail-feathers 22 ; lower jaw entirelj" naked ; color chiefly grayish mixed with 

 dusky. (Subgenus Leptopelicanus Eeich.) 



Nuptial plumage : Head, and feathers bordering base of gular pouch, all 

 round, white, the top of the former sometimes straw-yellowish ; rest of 

 neck rich velvety reddish brown, varying from light reddish chestnut 

 to seal-skin brown, or nearly black ; upper part of hind-neck with a 

 more or less distinct crest of chestnut; upper parts silvery gray, the 

 feathers of back, rump, lesser wing-coverts, etc., edged with dark brown, 

 producing a striped or streaked appearance ; lower parts dark brownish 

 gray, the sides, etc., streaked Math silvery white. Winte?- adult : Similar, 

 but whole head and neck white, except for a straw-yellow tinge on the 

 former and on the lower part of the fore-neck. Young : Head and neck 

 light brownish gray, somewha^t mottled with paler tips to the feathers; 

 back, wing-coverts, etc., dull brown, the feathers tipped with pale ful- 

 vous ; lower parts white, tinged with brownish gray laterally and pos- 

 teriorly. 



b^. Smaller, with pouch always dull greenish dusky or olive-dusky; 

 length about 4-4J feet, wing 18 50-21.00, culmen 9.40-12.20. JVest 

 a slight heap or mound of gravel, etc., on or near sea-beach. Eggs 

 3.01 X 1-95- Hab. Coasts and islands of Gulf of Mexico and Carib- 

 bean Sea, including West Indies ; north, regularly, to North Caro- 

 lina, accidentally (blown by storm?) to Illinois. 



126. P. fuscus Linn. Brown Pelican. 



b^. Larger, with pouch red during pairing season ; length 4J feet, or 



more, wing 20.50-23.25, culmen 12.25-14.75. Ilab. Pacific coast 



from Washington Territory to western Mexico (perhaps to Panama, 



or farther).. 127. P. californicus Eidgw. California Brown Pelican. 



Family FREGATIDiE.— The Man-o'-War Birds. (Page 73.) 



Genera. 

 (Characters same as for the Family) Fregata. (Page 82.) 



Genus FREGATA Cuvier. (Page 82, pi. XVIII., fig. 2.) 



Species. 



a'. Culmen more than 4.15. 



Adiilt male: Entirely black, the lanceolate scapulars and interscapulars 

 glossed with metallic bottle-green and reddish purple. Adult female : 



