BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 56. Pelecanus. 7T 



290. A. Crecca. Bill black : above and beneath the eyes 

 a white line : breast with roundish black spots: wing- 

 spot green. 



Teal. JValcot t. 76. Hayes t. 29. dlbini.t. 100. 



2. Bill and legs grey : over the eyes a white line : \ving-fpot 

 variously coloured : belly with black {"pots. 

 Anas Circia. Linn.fyft. Albin. ii. t. 103. 104. 



Length 1,5 inches : extent 23 : weight 12 ounces. 



Iris hazel: head and neck reddish-bay : behind the eye s a broad 

 green patch : body above with black and white undulate lines : jbellyi 

 white : vent black : u-ing-spot obliquely edged above with black, 

 beneath with white: q^uilis dusky, fecondaries black : tail brown : 

 legs dusky. Female, variegated whitish and brown, vent white, 

 \ving-fpot green. 



56. PELECANUS. Pelecan. 



291. P. Carlo. Bill toothless, black : head slightly crest- 

 ed : chin dirty- white : body black : tail rounded, of 

 14 feathers. 



Corvorant. Walcott. 92. Albin t. 81. Will. Any,!, t. 63. 



Length 3 feet 4 : extent nearly 5 : weight near 8 pounds. 



Bill 5 inches long, hooded, bald and yellow round the bafe : iris 

 green: head and neck generally with white longitudinal lines: back 

 glossy greenish-black, the feathers with deeper margins : chin with 

 a patch of white : thighs with fometimes a white fpot : legs black. 



t>92. P.. Graculus. Kill toothless, dusky : body glossy 

 greenish-black, black-brown beneath : tail rounded, 

 of 12 feathers. 



Shag. Walcot t. 93. Will. Angl. t. 63. 



Length 29 inches : extent 3 feet 10 : weight about 4 pounds. 



Bill near 4 inches long, bald and yellow with black fpecks or, 

 the chin : body above black with a purple and green glofs, mar- 

 gined with deep black : legs dusky ; meddle-daui ferrate. 



^93. P. cristatus. Bill toothless, blackish : head crested: 

 body dark glossy-green with purplish-black edges, 

 beneath dusky. 



Crested Shag. Brit. Zoo/, t. 102. 



Much refembles the last, except in having the feathers at the sides 

 of the head elongated into a crest, of which it may be only the full 

 grown bird or other fex : tail of 12 feathers : legs dusky. 



294. P. Bassanus, Bill serrate, yellowish- white : face 

 bald, blue : body diry-white : primary quills black. 



Gannet, Soland Goofe. Br. Zool. t. 103. Walcot t. 94. 



Length 3 feet : extent 6 feet : weight about 7 pounds. 



Bill 6 inches long, nearly straight : iris pale yellow : round the 

 tyes a naked blue patch : chin bald, dusky : crown pale buff: lesser 

 zuing-covertf black : tail of 12 feathers : legs black, greenish before, 

 she middle-claw fen ate. The young birds are dusky mixed vritJa 

 white. 



