384 CICONIIFORMES CHAP. 
validity of P. molinae of Peru 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, the 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 
Fic. 25.—Crested Pelican. Pelecanus crispus. }. 
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 similar; 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 im some cases vast distances 
on migration, and being usually found in company. Though 
