146 BIRDS. 



SHELDRAKE. Black and white; sides chestnut in 3; $&amp;gt; 

 duller and grayish; crest high and compressed; nostrils 

 sub-basal; L. 19; W. 8. N. Am., common. 



OEDEE Q.-STEGANOPODES. 



(The Totipalmate Birds.) 



Feet totipalmate; hind toe lengthened, scarcely ele 

 vated, united by a web to the other toes; tibiae feathered 

 Bill various, horny, never lamellate, cutting edges often 

 serrate; nostrils very small or abortive; a prominent, 

 naked, gular pouch; tarsus reticulate; altricial. 



We here omit the families SulidoB (Gannets) and 

 Tachypetidcs (Frigate Birds) as they are exclusively 

 marine. One species of the Southern family Plot nl&amp;lt;v-, 

 (the Darters) Plotus anJiinya, L., the Snake Bird or 

 Water Turkey of the Southern swamps, sometimes comes 

 up the Miss. R. to S. Ills. 



FAMILY LXL PELECANID^E. 



(The Pelicans.) 



Large fish -eating birds, with very long bills which 

 end in a claw -like hook; the broad space between the 

 branches of the lower jaw occupied by a huge membran 

 ous sack; nostrils abortive; wings very long; tail very 

 short; gregarious; sexes alike. Genus one; species six; 

 found in most warm regions. 



/. PELECANUS, Linnaeus. PELICANS. 



1. P. trachyrhynchus, Lath. WHITE PELICAN. Chiefly 

 white, some black and yellowish; L. GO; W. 24; B. 12. 

 N. Am., abundant S. and W., often inland. 



