1875.] THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 407 



PELECANID.E. 



Pelecanin^. 



Pelecanus, Linna;us. 



212. Pelecanus eoseus. 



Le Pelican rose de Visle de Lugon, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 91, pL 54, adult. 



Pelecanus roseus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 570, no. 9 (1788), ex Sonn. ; Donndorff, Zool. Beytr. vol. ii. 

 pt. i. p. 848, no. 9 (1794), ex Gm. 



Le Pelican brun de Visle de Lugon, Sonn. loc. cit. pi. b^.juv* 



Pelecanus manillensis, Gm. op. cit. p. 571, no. 11 (1788), ex Sonn. 



1 Pelecanus javanicios, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 197, "Java" (1820). 



P. manillensis, Gm., and P. roseus, Gm., have been regarded by most authors, and latterly 

 by Mr. Elliot in his useful Monograph of the genus (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 583), as belonging to 

 P. ])hiUp2)ensis, Gm. A reference to Sonnerat's plate 54, and his description of the Pelican there 

 figured, however, leaves it almost certain that he intended to represent a different species. This 

 was also the view maintained by Dr. Jerdon (Birds Ind. iii. pp. 858, 859), who identified the 

 Lesser White Pelican of India with P. roseus, Gm. Until Luzon examples can be examined, the 

 question must remain in doubt. Sonnerat's 53rd plate appears to represent the immature 

 plumage. 



213. Pelecanus philippinensis. Tr. z. s. k. 

 Onocrotalus 2)liili])pinensis, Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 527, no. 3, "Lu9on." ^' " 

 Pelecanus philippinensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 571, no. 12 (1788), ex Brisson; Bp. Compt. Eend. 



xliii. p. 574 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 268 ; op. cit. 1871, p. 633. 



Pelecanus rufescens, Gm. (partim) ; Lichtenst. Abhandl. Akad. Wissensch. Berl. 1838, 

 p. 439 (partim) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 583 (partim) ; G. E. Gray, Hand-list, no. 1 11 55 (partim). 



Originally described from an example obtained in Luzon and sent to M. Aubrey at Paris. 



Although Lichtenstein, Schlegel, Elliot, and G. E. Gray unite this Pelican with P. rufescens, 

 the view adopted by Bonaparte, Sclater, Barboza du Bocage, and Finsch & LEartlaub, that the 

 African bird belongs to a distinct species, is most in accordance with the known facts. 



SULIN^. 



Dtspoeus, Illiger. 



214. Dysporus sula. 



Pelecanus sula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 218, no. 7 (1766); Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 106, no. igif. 

 Sula fiber (Linn.), G. E. Gray, List Br. Mus. Anseres, p. 183, " Mindanao " (1844). 



Hab. Mindanao (Cuming). 

 * Scopoli omitted to bestow a Latin title on either of the two Pelieana fig-ured by Sonnerat. t [Antca, p. 204. — Ed]. 



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