of the United Slates. 401 



Young whitish-gray ; back and wings dark cinereous. 



The Pelican, Edw. Glean, pi. 92. adult. Le Pelican, 

 Buff. pi. enl. 87. adult. Le Pelican des Philippines, Bvff. pi. 

 enl. 96-5. young. P. onocrotalus, roseus, manillensis, philippen- 

 sis, auct. 



Inhabits throughout the world: rare and accidental on the 

 coasts of the middle states. 



352. Pelecanus fuscus, L. Middle nail serrated internally : 

 primaries black, shafts white ; first equal to the fifth. 



Adult blackish-ash, back and wings hoary ; crown yel- 

 lowish ; neck deep chesnut, margined each side with white. 



Young wholly brownish. 



Brown Pelican, Pelecanus fuscus, Nob. Jim. Orn. v. pi. 

 P. fuscus, Vieill. Gal. des Oiseaux pi. 276. Pelican brun 

 d'Amerique, Buff. pi. enl. 957. P. fuscus, carolinensis, tra- 

 chyrhyncos or erythrorhyncos, auct. 



Inhabits the southern states, the West Indies, Mexico, and 

 South America : common in the southern states, where it 

 breeds. 



77. PHALACROCORAX. 



Pelecanus, L. Gm. Lath. Phalacrocorax, Briss. Cuv. Du- 

 meril. Dumont. Ranz. Halieus, 111. Oken. Carbo, Laccp. 

 Meyer. Temm. Brehm. Hydrocorax, Vieill. 



Bill moderate, robust, thick, straight, compressed ; upper 

 mandible seamed and rounded above, with the ridge distinct, 

 unguiculated and hooked at the point, rather obtuse ; lower 

 somewhat shorter, truncated at tip, osseous throughout, fur- 

 nished at base with a small naked coriaceous membrane pro- 

 duced on the throat : nostrils in the furrows, basal, lateral, 

 linear, hardly visible : tongue cartilaginous, very short, carina- 

 ted above, papillous beneath, obtuse. Hind head very protu- 

 berant ; face and small pouch naked; neck rather short, of. 

 moderate strength : body compressed. Feet short, robust, 



