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KEY TO Tin-: \\'.\'ri:R inuDS of fi.orida. 





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PELECANUS FU5CUS ////;/. 

 Brown Pelican. 



Adult in brcciiing plumage : Neck chestnut brown; head and line at the base of the pouch 

 yellowish white ; upper parts ashy gray, some of the feathers edged with brownish, liill 

 brownish white marked with red in spots ; pouch dark greenish black ; bare space in front of 

 the eye bluish ; tail consists of twenty-two feathers. The immature bird has the head and neck 

 brownish gray. 



I^ength, 50 ; Wing, 20; Tarsus, 2.90; Bill. 11. 



This species is abundant in Florida, breeding in numbers in some locali- 

 ties. The eo"irs are three to live, of a bluish white color, covered with a 

 chalky deposit. 



Habitat: '^Atlantic coast of tropical and sub-tropical America, north on 

 the Atlantic coast to North Carolina; accidental in Illinois.*' (a.o.u. ) 



