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(a female), that I shot last year in the Etawah disti'ict just at the 

 commencement of the warm weather (when all the Pelicans but 

 P. philippensis leave us) , had at the base of the neck a very pale 

 straw-coloured patch ; but that which I lately killed was of a 

 uniform silvery hue, very different from any of our other Indian 

 Pelicans. The dimensions of the female killed last year and the 

 male that T lately killed were as follows : — 



Female. Male. 



inches. inches. 



Length 67-5 70 



Expanse 113 114 



Wing 27 26-25 



Tail 7-5 9-5 



Tarsus 4625 425 



Bare portion of tibia 1*25 r375 



Foot, greatest length along middle toe . . 6 6*25 



„ greatest width 8*5 8*75 



Middle toe 5 5 



„ its claw 75 -687 



Hallux 2 2 



„ its claw "75 '687 



Bill from front including nail 15 16'5 



„ from gape 16 1 7'25 



„ width at gape 2*375 2562 



„ height at front 1-218 1-218 



Pouch to where feathers commence .... 21-25 21*875 



Circumference of tarsus 3 3 



Weight 20 lbs. 18| lbs. 



Legs and feet in both pure plumbeous ; irides very pale yel- 

 low ; orbits, in the female, which I take to have been in nearly 

 full breeding-plumage, bright though pale orange, — in the male, 

 which was in the cold-weather plumage, and a young bird withal, 

 creamy-white with a faint pink tinge. 



Bill, in the female, dusky plumbeous; nail pale-orange yellow; 

 edges of upper and lower mandibles for the terminal two-thirds 

 yellowish horny. Pouch a deep orange-red, with a black patch 

 on each side just at the base of the lower mandible. 



In the young male the upper mandible was pale brown, grey- 

 ish towards the tip, and dusky towards the base on the culmen ; 



