PELECANID^E. 231 



Order STEGANOPODES. 



Family PELECANID^E. 

 Genus PELECANUS*". 



587. Pelecanus onocrotalus, Linn. White Pelican. 

 Hab. Southern Europe and North Africa. 



a. Purchased, April 22, 1851. From Egypt. 

 6. Purchased, July 9, 1852. From Egypt. 



c. Purchased, April 12, 1853. From Egypt. 



d. Presented by E. T. Eogers, Esq., C.M.Z.S., H.B.M. Acting 



Consul at Beyrout, Syria, Feb. 3, 1868. See P.Z. S. 1868, 

 p. 265. 



588. Pelecanus mitratus, Licht. Mitred Pelican. 

 Hab. India. 



a, 6. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S., 

 Aug. 6, 1867. See P. Z. S. 1868, p. 266. 



589. Pelecanus rufescens, Lath. Red-backed Pelican. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a. Purchased, May 18, 1866. Specimen figured, P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 267, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 

 6, c. Purchased, May 5, 1868. Specimen figured, P. Z. S. 1868, 



p. 267, pi. xxvi. fig. 2. 



590. Pelecanus crispus, Feldegg. Crested Pelican. 

 Hab. Southern Europe. 



a. Purchased, Sept. 26, 1853. See P. Z. S. 1868, p. 267. 



b. c. Received in exchange, Dec. 4, 1868. 



591. Pelecanus fuscus, Linn. Brown Pelican. 

 Hab. West Indies. 



a, 6. Presented by Capt. Abbott, July 18, 1854. Specimen 

 described and figured, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 268, pi. xxv. 



c. Presented by Capt. Dow, May 30, 1869. 



* On the Pelicans in the Society's Gardens, see Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 264, and 1871, p. 631. 



