462 PRLECANID^. 



B. Base of lower mandible feathered; eiil- 

 men ornamented with a horny excres- 

 cence in the breeding-season erythforhynchus, p. 481. 



II. A ring of feathers surrounding the naked 



ocular space conspicillatus, p. 483. 



1. Pelecanus onocrotalus *. 



Ouocrotalus, Gesner, Av. iii. p. 605, fig. i. & App. p. 94, fig. i. 



(1o;j6). 

 The Pelican, Ed2Danls, Nat. Hist. B. ii. p. 92, pi. 92 (1747) 



[S. Africa]. 

 Le Pelican, Brhs. Orn. vi. p. 519 (1760) ; D'Auhent. PL Enl. ix. 



p. 169, pi. 63 [no. 87]; Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. viii. p. 282, pi. xxv. 



(1781). 

 Peelcanus onocrotalus, a. orientalis, Limi. S. N. i. p. 215 (1766). 

 Great White Pelican, Zatk. Gen. Syn. vi. p. 575 (1785). 

 Pelecanus onocrotalus, G7iiel. S. N.'i. pt. ii. p. 569 (1788) ; Latham, 



Ltd. Orn. ii. p. 882 (1700) [part] ; Bonnnt. Tab!. Ennjcl. Meth. i. 



p. 42, pi. 13. fig. 2 (1790) ; Lacep. ^ Daudin, in Buff. Hkt. Nat. 



(18mo, Didot), Qiiadr. xiv. p. 3i'0, Ois. xvi. pp. 204, 224 (1799) ; 



Beehst. Orn. Deutschl. p. 390 (1802) ; Lath. Gen. Si/n., Suppl. ii. 



p. 362 (1802) ; Meyer S,- Wolf, Tasch. der Deidsch. FoV/. p. 574 pi. 



(1810) ; Pallas, Zoogr. Bosso-As. ii. p. 292 (1811) [part]; Vieill. 



N. Diet, d' Hi.it. Nat. xxv. p. 138 (1817) ; Cuv. Beg. Anim., Ois. 



p. 5L'3 (1817) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 891 [part] (1820), & iv. 



p. 560 (1840) ; 8teph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 109, pi. 12 



(1825) ; Rou.v, Orn. Prov. ii. p. 342 (1825) ; Werner, Atl. Orn. 



d'Eur., Ord. 16, pi. 85 (1828) ; Ciiv. Reg. A?ii7n., Ois. p. 561 



(1829) ; Brehtn, Vn>j. Deutschl. p. 824, pi. 40. fig. 1 (1831) ; Less. 



Traite d'Orn. p. 602, pi. 116. fig. 1 (1831) ; Menctr. Cat. Pais. 



p. 55 (1832); Brehtn, Isis, 1832, p. 1108; Bruch, Isis, 1832, 



p. 1108 ; Bonap. Isis, 1832, p. 1191 ; Brandt, Anim. Rossic. Nov., 



* Pelecanus sharpii. 



Pelecanus sharpei, Bocage, P. Z. 8. 1870, pp. 173, 409 [Angola] ; id. J. 

 Acad. Se. Lisb. xi. p. 166 (1871); Sclatcr, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 632, fig. 1, 

 pi. Ii. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. p. 1.502 (1873) ; Bocage, J.f. 0. 1876, 

 pp. 292, 434 ; id. Orn. Angola, \). 525 (1881) ; Von Washington, Ann. 

 Hofmus. Wien, iii. p. 63, fig. (188S). 



Pelecanus onocrotalus var. sharpii, Dubois, Bull. Mus. Belg. ii. p. 8 (1883). 



\^Adidt male.'\ Above white ; lower neck, interscapular region, and back 

 slightly tinged with rose-colour; below washed with cinnamon, a large patch 

 of rufous chestnut on the breast ; forehead much swollen ; feathers on the fore- 

 bead ending in a point ; a short erect crest on the nape. Bill yellow, the 

 middle and sides blackish, tip and margins red ; naked cheeks reddish ; gular 

 sac greenish vellow : feet dark flesh. 



Hab. Angola, S.W. Africa. 



I have not examined typical examples of this form, and am uncertaiu'^wbether 

 it is really a distinct species or merely a colour-variety of P. onocrotalus. The 

 cinnamon-coloured underparts may be caused by the pre.sence of iron in the 

 water frequented by these birds. As shown, when describing the latter species, 

 the short erect crest is merely a characteristic of the male sex, and not a specific 

 character as suggested by Professor Barboza du Bocage (cf. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 173). 



