858 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



feet long. This agrees well enough with our bird. P. roseus from 

 Manilla is described as rosy white throughout, and of the size of a 

 goose. Riippell describes his P. minor as similar to onocrotalus, 

 but much smaller, the nude skin of the face less extended, and 

 the tuft or crest more occipital than the corresponding feathers 

 of onocrotalus, the feathers of the lower part of the neck lengthened, 

 and pale yellowish, and the wing-coverts more rounded and less 

 pointed than in onocrotahis. Length 4 feet 4 inches ; wing 23| 

 inches ; tarsus 4^ ; mid-toe 4^. Bill yellowish at base, blue in 

 the middle, and yellowish grey on the sides ; orbits and pouch 

 yellowish. 



This appears to be the most abundant of the white Pelicans that 

 visit India. I am not aware of its breeding in this country. 



Fore-head with the frontal plumes not narrowed in front, but 

 truncated and emarginate ; bill with a double series of impressed 

 dark spots. Can Riippell's bird be the female of P. mitratiis '? 



1004. Pelecanus Philippensis, Gmelin. 



Blyth Cat. 1742— PI. enl. 965— P. manillensis Gmelin?— 

 P. rufescens, Gmelin? 



The Grey Pelican. 



Descr. — Head and neck greyish-white, the feathers rather scant, 

 short, and somewhat fur-like ; a short occipital crest of porrect or 

 slightly recurved feathers, brownish tipped with greyish-white ; 

 upper plumage greyish-white, the feathers of the back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts being dingy-whitisli, tinged with grey ; 

 scapulars grey Avith black shafts, and the feathers white at the 

 base ; lesser and median coverts greyish-white ; greater coverts 

 grey, with black shafts ; primaries dusky-grey with black 

 shafts, white at the base, and with white shafts ; secondaries and 

 tertiaries much tlie same; the tail grey, the feathers also black- 

 shafted, and the basal half or two-thirds of the inner webs white, 

 as well the base of the shaft ; lower plumage greyish-white, the 

 feathers lanceolate, pure white in the centre and tip, with grey 

 margins, and brownish at the base; under tail-coverts greyish- white, 

 slightly mottled with brownish; under wing-coverts whitish. 



