1. PELECANtrS. 469 



N.O.-Afr. p. 71 (18o6) [Egypt; Nubia]; Tristram, Ibis, 18o9, 

 p. 37 [S. Palestine] ; Simj)sun, Ibis, 1860, pp. 202, ^95 [yEtolia] ; 

 Linderm. 7%. Griecheiil. p. 1G8 (18G0) ; Poivys, Ibis, 18G0, p. 355 

 [Epirus]; Schleg. Mu.<. Pays-Bas, vi. Pelecani, p. 32 (1863)- 

 Tristrcan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 4oo ; Filippi, Viayy. Pers. i. p. 352 

 (1865) [Lake Goktscha] ; Bree, B. Eur. iv. p. 167, pi. (1867) • 

 Deyl. iS- Gerbe, Orn. Europ. ii. p. 344 (1867) ; Sclater, P. Z. sl 

 1868, p. 267; Rume, Ibis, 1868, p. 235 [Etawah] ; Tristram, Ibis 

 1868, p. 331 ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 582 ; Ehces <$• Buckl. Ibis, 

 1870, p. 335 [Macedonia] ; Fritsch, Nat. J"dy. Europa's, p. 448 

 (1870), Atl. pi. 46. figs. 5 & 7 (1871) : Fi,isc/i, Beitr. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. iv. p. ccix (1871) ; G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 130 (1871) ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1871, p. 317 [Egypt]; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 398 

 [Valencia and Balearic Is.] ; Shelley, B. Eyypt, p. 293 (1872) • 

 Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 468 [Sind]; id. *'</•. i*'. i. pp. 45, 109 lio' 

 112, 121, 142, 288 (1873) [Siud ; Mekran coast] ; Reugl. Oni. N O - 

 Afr. iv. p. 1507 (1873) ; Sioinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 182 [Shanghai]"; 

 Irby, Orn. Gibraltar, p. 226 (1875) [Valencia and Balearic Is.l; 

 Banf. &,■ Brown, Ibis, 1875, p. 430 [Transylvania] ; Blanf. E. Pers. 

 ii. p. 299 (1876) [Baliichistan and Caspian Sea]; Sintenis. J.f. O. 

 1877, p. 68 [Dobrudscha] ; Prjeval. in Hoivley's Orn. Misc. iii. 

 p. 146 (1878) [Dalai-nor and Hoang-ho V'allev] ; Hiwie, Str. F. vii. 

 p. 98 [Oodevpur], p. 448 (1878) ; Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 199, pi .394 

 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind, p. 81 (1879) ; Schmidt, P. Z. S. 1880 

 p. 318; Giyl. Ibis, 1881, p. 216; Beid, Str. F. x. p. 87 (1881) 

 [Fyzabad, Oudh] ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1882, p. 231 [Astrakan], 1883, 

 p. 36 [Caucasus] ; Dubois, Bull. Mas. Belg. ii. p. 8 (1883) ; Murray, 

 Zool. Sind. p. 328 (1884) ; Radde, Orn. Caucus, p. 470 (1884); 

 Gigl. Amf. Ital. pp. 268, 401 (1886) ; Alleon, Ornh, 1886, p. 426 

 [Dobrudscha] ; Salvad. Ucc. Ital. p. 272 (1887) : Doiy, Str. F. x. 

 p. 508 (1887) [E. Narra, Sind]; Eoeniy, J. /.' O. 1888, p. 297 

 [Algeria] ; Lilford, Ibis, 1889, p. 347 [Cyprus] ; Radde ^- Walt. 

 Ornis, 1889, pp. 124, 174 [Transcaspia] ; Tschusi ^- Dalla Torre, 

 Ornis, 1890, p. 266 [Austro-Hungaiy] ; Giyl. Ibis, 1894, p. 453 

 [Italy] ; Reiser, Orn. Balcanica, ii. p. 192 (1894), iv. p. 140 

 (1896). \ J^ f 



Pelecanus patagiatus, Bnhm, Voyelf. p. 361 (1855). 



Pelecanus orientalis, Wright, Ibis, 1869, p. 255. 



Pelecanus sp., Rickett S,- La louche, Ibis, 1896, p. 493 [Foochow]. 



Adult in hreeding-plumage. General colour of the plumage silvery 

 ■white ; primary-quiUs black, with black shafts ; primary-coverts 

 black; secondary-quills mostly ashy, white along the inner web 

 and towards the base ; median and greater wiug-coverts, buck, and 

 scapulars with black shafts ; top of the head covered with long 

 loose plumage, forming a broad, thick, and slightly curly crest over- 

 hanging the occiput, the longest feathers being more than 4 inches 

 in length ; the feathers of the back of the neck lengthened and 

 forming a mane ; a patch of golden-yellow or reddish-golden feathers 

 on the upper breast. Tail composed of 22 feathers. 



Adult male. Total length about 64 inches, culmen 16-5, wing 2S, 

 tail 9, tarsus 4-8, 



