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Birds of North Carolina 



36. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (Gmel.). White Pelican. 



Ads. in nuptial plumage. — White, more or loss straw-color on breast and wing-coverts; wing" 

 quills chiefly lilack; occipital crest white or straw-color; a horny prominence on the culmen- 

 Post-nuptial plumage. — Similar, but occiput of short gray feathers, no horny ridge on bill. 

 Ads. in winter. — Similar, but occiput white. Im. — Similar, but lesser wing-coverts and top 

 of the head brownish gray. L., 00.00; W., 22.00; Tar., 4.50; B., 14.00. (Chap., Birds of 

 E. N. A.) 



Range. — -Temperate North America, breeding mainly north of the United States; winters 

 from the'Gulf States southward. 



Range in North Carolina. — Occasional during the migrations. 



Fig. 29. White Pelican. 



This n-rcat l)ii(l is of very rare occurrence in North Caroluui. ^^'(• iiavc in fact 

 onlj' three rc-cords for the State, whicli are as follows: At Kaleigli, one was shot 

 on the State carp-ponds, May 12, 1884, })y J. II. Coover. In Buncombe County, 

 a flock of forty was seen on the French Broad River in May, 1889; five of these 

 were shot, and two passed into the possession of Cairns. One was taken by J. H. 

 Bigliani near Sloan's Ferry on the Catawba River, October 2, 1907 (Charlotte 

 Evening Chronicle, October 3, 1907.) 



37. Pelecanus occidentalis {Linn.). Brown Pelican. 



Ads. in breeding plumage. — Top of head white, sometimes straw-yellow like a spot on upper 

 brea.st; line down either side of breast white; hiiKlhea<l, neck and a spot on foreneck seal-brow-n; 

 sides and liack silvery gray bordered by lirownish black; scapulars, wing-coverts, secondaries, 

 and tail silvery gray; primaries black; imderparts dark l)lackish lirown narrowly streaked with 

 white. Ads. iiflir the breeding .scd.wn. — Similar, but with hindlioad and whole neck white, more 

 or less tiMg<'d with straw-yellow. Im. — .Vbove gravish bnnvii margined witli paler; chest 

 brownish, belly white. L., 50.00; W., li)..")0; Tar., 2.(i5; U., 11.00. (Chap., Jiirds of E.^N. A.) 



Range. — Ranges in summer from North Carolina southward. Breeds from South Carolina 

 southward to Brazil. 



Range in North Carolina. — ^Sounds of the coastal region regularly in summer. 



