104 



7 38. I\ COnspiclllatUS, Temm., Pelican. 



Plumage white: quills, their coverts, scapulars, sides of rump, 

 and tail black ; naked skin round eye ia surrounded by feathers. 

 Total length, about 60 in. ; culmen, 17 to Is in. ; wing, 24 to 25 



in. ; tail, 7 '."> in. ; tarsus, ."> in. 

 Hal.. : 1 to 7, !». 



ORDER PYGOPODES- 



Win- feathers developed into remiges. Cnemial process of tibia produced 

 forward in a remarkable degree. Palate schi/.ognathous. 



I A M I LY— PODICIPEDID J . 



Hallux raised above the level of the other toes : toes provided with wide 

 lateral Lobes, united at the base. Tail vestigial. 



<-im- PODICIPES. Culmen sln.it •. Becondaries, if any, very little 

 Bhorter than the primaries. 



789 |\ IIOYH'-Iiollnilriia'. Steph. (P. gularis, Gld.}, Black-throated 

 is ( Dabchick). 

 Plumage above sooty-black ; grey on back ; chin and throat 

 bla.k ; tore-neck smoky-brown ; a chestnut band along side of neck 

 from the eye. 



Total length, 9*5 in. ; tarsus, 1 4 in. 



Adult out of breeding season has chin, throat, and under parts 

 white. 

 Young. — Sides of neck and head striped with whit.'. 

 Hab. : 1 to 8. 



740. I». pollOCephaloS, Jardine and Selby (P. nestor, Old.), Hoary- 



headed (irebe. 



Sides of head have hair like feathers in breeding season ; breast 

 and abdomen silvery-white ; all inner primaries and secondaries 

 almost pure white. 



Winter Plumage. —No head ornament, and crown of head and 

 hind-neck greyish-brown. 



Total Length, 9*5 in. ; tarsus, l'f> in. 



Young similar to winter bird. 

 Hab. : :;. 4, 5, (i. 7. '.». 



741. I\ crista! us. Linn . Tippet Urebe. 



I' kthers on sides of crown form a long double crest ; ruff of black 

 plumes on neck ; colour above dai k ashy-brown : under parts silvery- 



white; shoulder feathers nearly pure white; Lesser wing eovert- 

 form a wide white hand along edge of wing. 



Winter Plumage lb ad. neck, and back ashy-brown ; no crest. 



! length, about '20 in. 

 Young. Similar to winter plumage, with brown stripes on head 

 and neck. 



Hab. : ::, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



ORDER-IMFENNES. 

 Hill never hooked. Nostrils pervious, bolorhinaL Palate schisognathous. 



CATARRHACTES Bill moderate^ long and very stout, the 

 culminicorn being divided from the Laterioorn by a a< 

 whi.h l- much swollen towards the base; feathering at the 



• Leaving the tomia and the en the base of 



the mand d. Asupi md of more er less golden 



