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in the top of a stub or in a tall pine ; eggs, 

 twelve or fourteen in number, of a clear white 

 color. This species is eighteen inches long ; the 

 head, neck, and tail, black ; the under parts and 

 centre of the crest, white. 



SUB-ORDER GAVI^E. 

 FAMILY PELICANID^E. THE PELICANS. 



Pelicanus fuscus. The Brown Pelican. 



The Brown Pelican is fifty-six inches long ; 

 bill, thirteen and a-half inches ; color, dark. 

 Several specimens of this fine bird have been 

 shot in Ontario within the last two years. 

 They are accidental visitors. 



P. erytJirorhynclius. The Rough-billed Pelican. 



This magnificent bird is seventy inches in 

 length ; the prevailing color, white. It is an 

 occasional visitor in Ontario. 



FAMILY SULIDA:. THE GANNETS. 

 Sula bassana. The Common Gannet. 



This species breeds on the coast of Labrador 

 and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Visits Ontario 



