82 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



inland body of water. Eggs 1-3 or 4, 3.34 X 2.22. Hab. Whole of tem- 

 perate North America, north in the interior to about 61, south, in 

 winter, as far as Guatemala ; rare along Atlantic coast of the United 



States 125. P. erythrorhynchos GMEL. American White Pelican. 



a 1 . Tail-feathers 22 ; lower jaw entirely naked ; color chiefly grayish mixed with 

 dusky. (Subgenus Leptopelicanus EEICH.) 



Nuptial plumage : Head, and feathers bordering base of gular pouch, all 

 round, white, the top of the former sometimes straw-yellowish ; rest of 

 neck rich velvety reddish brown, varying from light reddish chestnut 

 to seal-skin brown, or nearly black ; upper part of hind-neck with a 

 more or less distinct crest of chestnut ; upper parts silvery gray, the 

 feathers of back, rump, lesser wing-coverts, etc., edged with dark brown, 

 producing a striped or streaked appearance ; lower parts dark brownish 

 gray, the sides, etc., streaked with silvery white. Winter adult : Similar, 

 but whole head and neck white, except for a straw-yellow tinge on the 

 former and on the lower part of the fore-neck. Young : Head and neck 

 light brownish gray, somewhat mottled with paler tips to the feathers ; 

 back, wing-coverts, etc., dull brown, the feathers tipped with pale ful- 

 vous ; lower parts white, tinged with brownish gray laterally and pos- 

 teriorly. 



b\ Smaller, with pouch always dull greenish dusky or olive-dusky ; 

 length about 4-4 feet, wing 18.50-21.00, culmen 9.40-12.20. Nest 

 a slight heap or mound of gravel, etc., on or near sea-beach. Eggs 

 3.01 X 1-95. Hob. Coasts and islands of Gulf of Mexico and Carib- 

 bean Sea, including West Indies ; north, regularly, to North Caro- 

 lina, accidentally (blown by storm ?) to Illinois. 



126. P. fuscus LINN. Brown Pelican. 



6 2 . Larger, with pouch red during pairing season; length 4J feet, or 

 more, wing 20.50-23.25, culmen 12.25-14.75. Ilab. Pacific coast 

 from Washington Territory to western Mexico (perhaps to Panama, 

 or farther).. 127. P. californicus EIDGW. California Brown Pelican. 



FAMILY FREGATID^. THE MAN-O'-WAR BIRDS. (Page 73.) 



Genera. 

 (Characters same as for the Family) Fregata. (Page 82.) 



GENUS FREGATA CUVIER. (Page 82, pi. XYIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



a 1 . Culmen more than 4.15. 



Adult male: Entirely black, the lanceolate scapulars and interscapulars 

 glossed with metallic bottle-green and reddish purple. Adult female : 



