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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



PELECANUS FUSCUS Linn. 

 Brown Pelican. 



Adult in breeding pitcmage : Neck chestnut brown; head and line at the base of the pouch 

 yellowish white ; upper parts ashy gray, some of the feathers edged with brownish. Bill 

 brownish white marked with red in spots : pouch dark greenish black ; bare space in front of 

 the eye bluish ; tail consists of twenty-two feathers. The immature bird has the head and neck 

 brownish gray. 



Length, 50 ; Wing, 20; Tarsus, 2.90; Bill, 11. 



This species is abundant in Florida, breeding in numbers in some locali- 

 ties. The eggs are three to five, of a bluish white color, covered with a 

 chalky deposit. 



Habitat: "Atlantic coast of tropical and sub-tropical America, north on 

 the Atlantic coast to North Carolina; accidental in Illinois." (a.o.u.) 



