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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 





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PELECANU5 FUSCU5 Liiin. 

 Brown Pelican. 



Adult in breeding phiinage : 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 l)ird lias 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 

 chalkv deposit. 



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

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



