70 PELICANS. 



one or two, similar to those of Gannets. The 

 downy young are grayish. 



Fig. 45. 



Brown Pelican. 1-20. 



Pelicans are rather awkward birds mov- 

 ing on the ground with a wadding gate ; 

 w^hen the the birds are at rest, the bill is 

 held against the breast, fig. 45. Flight, slow 

 and direct, with alternate flapping and sail- 

 ing, the birds often forming lines side by 

 side or fly in V-shaped flocks; wing beats, 

 slow ; neck, doubled back in flight ; highly 

 gregarious at all times. Incapable of pro- 



