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White Pelican. 



Genus PELECANUS Linn. 



34. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. 

 American White Pelican. . 



Distr.: Temperate North America, north in the interior to about 

 latitude 6i°, breeding chiefly from about the latitude of Minnesota 

 northward; south in winter to Mexico and Central America. It is 

 still abundant in many parts of the interior and along the Gulf coast 

 to Florida and on the coast of California; very rare on the Atlantic 

 coast north of Florida. 



Adult in breeding plumage: General plumage, white; bill, yellow- 

 ish, with horny protuberance on the top (this is lacking in winter); 

 primaries, black; pouch is lemon yellow and the legs, pale yellow; 

 iris, straw color. 



Length, 60; wing, 24.50; tarsus, 4.45; bill, 12. 



