82 NORTH AM ERICA X BIRDS. 



iiihind body of water. Eggs 1-3 or 4, 3.34 X 2.22. irab. Whole of tem- 

 pcrato North America, north in the interior to about 61°, south, in 

 winter, as far as Guatemala ; vavq along Atlantic coast of the United 



States 125. P. erythrorhynchos Gmel. American White Pelican. 



a'. Tail-feathers 22; lower jaw entirely naked; color chiefly ti;ra3"i.sh mixed with 

 dusky. (Subgenus Leptopelicanus Keicu.) 



Nuptial plumage : Head, and feathers bordering base of gular pouch, all 

 round, white, the top of the former sometimes straw-yellowish ; rest of 

 neck rich velvety reddish brown, varying from light reddish chestnut 

 to seal-skin brown, or nearly black ; upper part of hind-neck with a 

 more or less distinct crest of chestnut; upper pai'ts silverj^ gi'siy. the 

 feathers of back, rump, lesser wing-coverts, etc., edged with dark brown, 

 producing a striped or streaked appearance ; lower parts dark brownish 

 gray, the sides, etc., streaked with silvery white. Winter adult : Similar, 

 but whole head and neck white, except for a straw-yellow tinge on the 

 former and on the lower part of the foie-neck. Young : Head and neck 

 light brownish gray, somewhat mottled with paler tips to the feathers; 

 back, wing-coverts, etc., dull brown, the feathers tipped with pale ful- 

 vous ; lower parts white, tinged with brownish gray laterally and j'os- 

 teriorly. 



fc'. Smaller, with pouch always dull greenish dusky or olive-dusky; 

 length about 4-4i feet, wing 18.50-21.00, culmen 9.40-12.20. Nest 

 a slight heap or mound of gravel, etc., on or near sea-beach. Eggs 

 3.01 X 1-95- Hab. Coasts and islands of Gulf of Mexico and Carib- 

 bean Sea, including West Indies ; north, regularly, to North Caro- 

 lina, accidentally (blown by storm?) to Illinois. 



126. P. fuscus Linn. Brown Pelican, 



6^ Larger, with pouch red during pairing season; length 4J feet, or 



more, wing 20.50-23.25, culmen 12.25-14.75. Ilab. Pacific coast 



from Washington Territory to western Mexico (perliajis to Panama, 



or farther).. 127. P. californicus Puduw. California Brown Pelican. 



Family FREGATIDy^.— The Man-o'-War Birds. (Page 73.) 



Genera. 

 (Characters same as for the Family) Fregata. (Page 82.) 



Genus FREGATA Cuvier. (Page 82, pi. XVIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



a'\ Culmen more than 4.15. 



Adult male : Entirelj' black, the lanceolate scapulars and interscapulars 

 glossed with metallic bottle-green and reddish purple. Adult female: 



