482 PEIECANID^. 



nV. MauitolDa: breeding]; Lloyd, Auk, iv. p. 184 (1887) [W. 

 Texas] : Jiiilt/iu. Man. N. A. B. p. 82 (1887) ; Gnss, Auk, v. p. 25 

 (1888) [habits]; Merrill, Avk,\. t^. 141 (1888) [Oregon]; Smith 

 Sf Palmer, Auk, v. p. 147 (1888) [vicinity of Washington] ; Ever- 

 mann, Auk, v. p. 346 (1888) [Indiana] ; Scott, Auk, v. p. 377 (1888) 

 [Florida] ; Pindar, Auk, vi. p. 312 (1889) [Kentucky and Missouri] ; 

 Bryant, P. Cal. Acad. 8ci. (2) ii. p. 257 (1889) [Lower California]; 

 Co'ry, Cat. W. Ind. B. pp. 85, 136 (1892) [Cuba, Isle of Pines] ; 

 Scott, Auk, \x.^. -Ill (1892) [Caloosahatchie] ; Merrill, Auk, ix. 

 p. 292 (1892) [Maine] ; Briml. Auk, x. p. 242 (1893) [N. Carolina] ; 

 Butcher, Auk, x. p. 270 (1893) | Long I.] ; Waijne, Auk, x. p. 337 

 (1893) [Suwanee H.], xi. p. 85 [Long I.]. 



Pelecanus trachyrhynchus, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 884 (1790) ; 

 Shaiv, Mm. Lever, p. 209, pi. (1792) ; Stcph. in Shaics Gen. Zool. 

 xiii. pt. i. p. 117 (1825) ; Licht. Ahh. Akad. Berl. 1838, p. 433, 

 pi. iii. fig. 5 ; G. R. Gray, List of B. pt. iii. p. 189 (1844) ; id. Gen. 

 B. iii. p. 668 (1845) ; Gamh. J. Acad. N. Sci. Philad. (2) i. p. 227 

 (1849) [California] ; Baird, in Stansbury's Pep. p. 324 (1852) ; 

 Woodhouse, Sitqr. Pep. p. 105 (1853) ; Neioherry, Pep. E.vpl. Surv. 

 Ti. pt. iv. p. 109 (1857) ; Coues, P. Esse.v Inst. v. p. 302 (1868) 

 [N. England] ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 269; Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, 

 p. 379 [Costa liica] ; Ridgiv. Ibis, 1869, p. 350 ; G. P. Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 130 (1871) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 300 

 (1872); V. Pelzeln, Ibis, 1873, p. 54; Coues, B. N.-W. p. 586 

 (1874) ; Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. i. p. 60 (1876) [New Hampshire] ; 

 Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. ii. p. 22 (1877) [New England]; 

 Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 63 (1878) [Texas] ; Stearns 6f 

 Coues, N. Eng. B.-life, p. 337 (1883) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 463, 

 pi. xlvi., 1884, p. 410. 



Eough-billed Pelican, Lath. Gen. Si/n. vi. p. 586 (1785) ; id. Gen. 

 Hist. X. p. 408 (1824). 



Pelecanus thagus, Stejjh. (nee Molina) in Shcnv's Gen. Zool. xiii. 

 pt. i. p. 117 (1825) ; Drapiez, Diet. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 384 (1842). 



Onocrotalus hernandezii, TVar/l. Isis, 1832, p. 1233. 



Pelecan, Nutt. Man. Orn. p. 471 (1834). _ 



Pelecanus americanus, Aud. Orn. Bioyr. iv. p. 88, pi. cccxi. (1838) ; 

 id. Synop. p. 309 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. vii. pp. 20, 179, pi. ceccxxii. 

 (1844) ; Triirpe, P. Essex Inst. vi. p. 119 (1871) [Minnesota]. 



Pelecanus brachvdactyluS; Licht., Jide G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 668 

 (1845). 



Cyrtopelecanus trachyi'bynchus, Peichenb. Natiirl. Si/it. Vog. p. vii 

 (1853) ; Botiap. Ctnisp'. Av. ii. p. 163 (1855). 



Pelecanus occipitalis, Ridyiv. Amer. Sports, iv. p. 297 (1874) 

 [Nevada]. 



Pelecanus brachyi-hyncbus, Cabanis, J.f. O. 1884, p. 442. 



WMte Pelican, Mcllwr. Auk, i. p. 395 (1884) [Lake Ontario] ; 

 Merriam, Auk, ii. p. Ill (1885). 



Adult. General colour of plumage pure white; primary quills 

 black, with the basal half of the shaft white ; secondaries mostly 

 black, margined with white, the white margins widest on the inner- 

 most feathers. Base of lower mandible densely feathered. Tail 

 composed of 24 feathers. Iris pearl-white ; naked skin round eye 

 orange ; orbit red. Bill orange, paler on the culmen, the nails and 

 cutting-edges of mandible reddish; lower mandible deeper red towards 

 the base ; pouch pale yellow, shading into deep orange towards the 



