294 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



I give the following notes as they were made by nie at 

 the time : — 



Feathers on the forehead come to a ])oint towards the 

 culmen ; pouch pure pale yellow ; legs olive-black ; irides 

 crimson ; primaries black ; remainder of the plumage xohite, 

 with a very faint roseate blush. 



Entire length 60 inches ; culmen 16 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 26 ; tarsus 4" 5. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 405. 



317. Pelecanus minor, B/iipp. Lesser Pelican. 



Von Heuglin (Syst. Ueb. p. 72) observes that according 

 to Riippell this bird is abundant in Lower Egypt ; and 

 Mr. D. G. Elliot (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 581) likewise gives the 

 locality Egypt for this species. 



It is very similar to P. onocrotalus, but slightly smaller. 

 The feathers oh the forehead come to a point towards the 

 culmen ; crest long and pendent ; primaries black ; remainder 

 of the plumage pure white. 



Entire length 55 inches; culmen 12; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 24 ; tarsus 5. 



318. SuLA CYANOPS, Sundev. Masked Gannet. 



Mr. E. C. Taylor tells me that he met with a Gannet on 

 the Red Sea, near Suez, which must have belonged to the 

 present species, as it is the only one that inhabits those 

 waters. 



Naked skin on the face and pouch slate- colour ; quills. 



