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THE CORMORANT GROUP 



THE PELICANS 

 Family PELECANID^ 



Although pelicans are now quite unknown in Britain, the occurrence of their 

 bones in the fens of Norfolk and Cambridge indicates that comparatively recently 



EUROPEAN PEUCAN. 



they were at least occasional visitors. The largest representatives of their order, 

 these birds are distinguished from all others by the enormous development of the 

 beak, which is of great length, much flattened, and marked by a number of fur- 

 rows. To the lower mandible is affixed a large dilatable pouch of great capacity; 



