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GRACULINJS. 



smaller; length 66 to 68^ wing 25 to 28. — {Str. F. vii. 448; Hume, 

 Monag. Pelecanus.) 



Hah: — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces and Oudli, also Beloocliistan 

 (Mekran Coast). 



Pelecanus javanicuSt Hnr$f. Lin. Trans, xiii. 197. Pelecanus 



onocrotalus, Pall. Pelecanus minor, Bupp. Mus. Senk. Faun. Ahys. pi. 

 49; Jerd. B. Ind. p. 857, No. 1008 ; Str. F. vi. 494; Murray, Hdbk., 

 Zou'L, Sfc, Sind, p. 248g. — The Lesser White Pelican. 



Occipital ci'est small, yellowish white; head, neck, upper and lower 

 surface of body white, with a roseate tinge ; primaries dusky ; secon- 

 daries grey externally ; tertiaries white, with broad black margins, 

 internally greyish; tail white; bill blue in the centre, red and yellow on 

 the sides, the tip blood red ; lower mandible bluish posteriorly, yellow 

 in front; pouch yellow ; irides blood red ; legs fleshy pink. 



Length. — 56 inches, wing 24 to 25, tail 6*5, tarsus 4, mid-toe and 

 claw 4*5, bill 12 to lo inches. 

 Hab. — Nearly throughout India. 



Pelecanus pllillipensis, GmeJ.; Sonn. Vog. t. 53; P. Enl. 965; 

 Jerd. B. Ind. m. p. 858, No. 1004; Str. F. vi. 495; Murray, Hdbk., 

 ZooL, S(c., Sind, p. 248 g. Pelecanus rufescens, Gm.; Rupp. All. t. 21 ; 

 Proc. Zool. Socy. 1868, fig. 4, p. 266, et pi. 26.— The Grey Pelican. 



Head, neck and upper plumage greyish white, the feathers of the 

 head and neck short and fur-like; occipital crest short, the feathers 

 slightly recurved, of a brownish colour and tipped with white; scapu- 

 lars white at the base, of a grey colour and black shafted ; lesser and 

 median coverts like the back ; greater coverts grey, black shafted ; 

 primaries dusky grey, white at the base; secondaries and tertiaries 

 dusky grey ; feathers of the tail grey, black shafted ; the basal half 

 or more of the inner webs and shafts white; under tail-coverts 

 greyish white, mottled with brown ; under wing-coverts white ; bill pale 

 bluish, tinged with fleshy, the tip yellowish; mandibular and gular 

 pouch dusky ; the gular pouch with reddish venations and tinged 

 ochreous or yellow ; irides pale or dusky brown ; legs fleshy. 



Length. — 60 to 62 inches, being 24 to 25'5, tail 8 to 8*7, tarsus 2"9 

 to 3-]," bill at front 12-5 to 14-3. 



Hab. — Sind, Kutch, Rajputana, Guzerat, Deccan and Bengal, also 

 Southern India. 



Sub-Family, GRACULINyE. 



Bill moderately long, straight and hooked at the tip ; face partially 

 nude, also the gullet, which is capable of distention ; wings moderate ; 

 upper and lower tail-coverts short, tail with stiff feathers. 



Gen. Graculus. — Linn. 

 Characters the same as those of the Sub-Family. 



Graculus carbo, Lin. ; PL Enl 407; Str. F. i. p. 289; Gould. 

 B. Eur. pi, 407; Jerd- B. hid. -p. 861, No. 1005; Murray, Hdbk., 



