438 GRACULID.E. 



With the exception of the Deccan the Lesser White Pelican is 

 more or less common throughout the district. 



It only occurs as a visitant, and does not remain to breed. 



Pelecanus philippensis, Gm. 



1004. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 858; Butler, Guzerat, 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 33 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 442 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 330. 



THE GREY PELICAN. 



Length, 62 ; expanse, 96; wing, 24; tail, 18; tarsus, 3; bill at 

 front, 12 to 14. 



Bill pale bluish, tinged with carneous, yellow at tip ; naked 

 face and gular pouch pale livid fleshy, the latter varied with 

 reddish lines, and faintly tinged with yellow ; irides pale brown ; 

 legs fleshy. 



Head and neck greyish-white, the feathers rather scant and 

 somewhat fur-like ; a short occipital crest of slightly recurved 

 feathers brownish, tipped with greyish-white ; upper plumage 

 greyish-white, the feathers of the back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts being dingy whitish, tinged with grey ; scapulars grey 

 with black shafts, and the feathers white at the base ; lesser and 

 median-coverts greyish-white ; greater coverts grey, with black 

 shafts ; primaries dusky-grey with black shafts, white at the base 

 with white shafts ; secondaries and tertiaries much the same ; 

 the tail grey, the feathers also black shafted, and the basal half 

 or two-thirds of the inner webs white, as well as the base of the 

 shaft ; lower plumage greyish-white, the feathers lanceolate, pure 

 white, in the centre and tip, with grey margins and brownish at 

 the base ; under tail-coverts greyish-white, slightly mottled with 

 brownish ; under wing-coverts whitish. 



With the exception of the Deccan, where it is somewhat rare, 

 the Grey Pelican is a common seasonal visitant throughout the 

 region. 



FAMILY, Graculidae. 



Bill moderately long, cylindric, hooked at the tip, grooved ; 

 wing moderate, tail-feathers stiff ; upper tail-coverts exceedingly 

 short ; lower tail-coverts also short. 



GENUS, Phalacrocorax, Brisson. 



Bill moderately long, slightly raised at the base, the tip well 

 hooked ; nostrils, a small narrow line, apparently not pervious ; 

 upper mandible truncated, orbits and throat more or less nude ; 

 tail moderate or rather long, of fourteen stiff feathers, cuneate ; 

 wings rather short. 



Phalacrocorax carbo, Lin. 



1005, Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 861 ; Butler, Guzerat, 



