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validity of P. molinae ofl'eru and Chili, has a white or occasionally 

 yellowish head, silvery-grey upper parts with dusky streaks, and 

 browner under parts. The crested nape is chestnut, varying to 

 blackish : the bill and loral region are grey or bluish, tlie dark- 

 tipped maxilla being spotted with red ; the pouch is red, or dusky, 

 like the feet ; the bare orbits are blue. P. conspicillatus of Australia 

 and Southern New Guinea is white, with black wings and tail and 



Fig. 25. — Crested Pelican. Pclecanus crisjms. x J. 



a yellow wash on the chest ; the bill, feet, and naked parts are 

 yellowish-white, with a blue tinge on the two first and a similarly 

 coloured ring round the orbits, which are divided by a feathered 

 space from the lores. In this Family the sexes are alike ; the 

 young being usually crestless, and of a brown hue, with yellowish 

 or dusky pouch and occasionally white mottlings. 



Pelicans inhabit not only tidal waters, but also swampy 

 districts and inland lakes, traversing in some cases vast distances 

 on migration, and being usually found in company. Though 



