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1739. S PTSCATOR (Gould's D. A. Vol. VII, pi. 79). 



Syn. Peltcanus piscato)-, L. 



S. Candida, Stephens. 



S. erytlirorhyncha, Brandt. 



8. ruhripes, Gould. 

 Hab. Tropical Seas. Common in Bay of Bengal, &c. 



A. Specimen of young. From the Maldives. E. L. 

 Layard, Esq. (1848). 



Genus Pelicanus, L. 



1740. P. ONOCROTALtrs, L. (Edwards, pi. 93). 



Syn. p. roseus, Eversmann, 1 i r TJ P • 



Oiwcfotalus phcenix. Lesson, J ' ^ ' " ' ^' 



Hab. S. Europe ; AY. Asia ; Africa. 



A. Stuffed head and neck (copious pendent crest 5 in. 

 long, and with the rest of the feathers very unlike those 

 of cither Indian Pelican). 



1741. P. .iavanicus, Ilorsfield (Stephens, in Shaw's Zoology, XIII, 

 109, pi. 12). 



Syn. p. onocroialus of India, auctorum (also of Pallas ?). 

 P. crispus (?), Bruch. 



Ilawasil, and Gaganbhcr, 11. ; Gara Polo, Beng. 

 (generic) ; Laiitpipi, Malay ; Bukkul, Java. 

 Hab. S. E. Asia and its islands. Common in India. 



A. Large adult (bill from forehead 1.5^ in.; wing 27 

 in.) Society's old collection. B. Small female in full 

 breeding dress, with inters})ersed narrow hispid breast- 

 plumes of a bright ferruginous hue, indicating the origin 

 of the fable of the Pelican feeding its young with blood 

 from its own breast (bill from forehead 11^ in. ; wing 22|- 

 in.). Vicinity of Calcutta (1844). 



1742. P. PHiLippENSis, Gmelin {PL Enl. 965). 



Syn. p. roseus et P. manillensis, Gmelin. 



Won-bo, Arakan ; Walang kadda, Jav. 

 Hab. S. E. Asia and its islands. More common in L. Bengal 

 than the preceding species. 



A. Adult female, described Ann. Mag. N. H., XIV, 122. 

 B. Young male, considerably larger. Calcutta bazar 

 (1842-4). 



1743. P. Fuscus, L. (PL EnL 957). 



Syn. p. carolinensis, Gmelin. 



Onocrotulus Hernandezii, Wagler. 

 Hab. N. and S. America. 



A. Specimen from Peru, Purchased (1843). 



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