PELECANUS 563 



786. SUBSP. PELECANUS ROSEUS. 



Pelecanusroseus, Gmel. Syst, Nat. i. p. 570 (1788) ; Grant, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xxvi. p. 466 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 333 ; P. 

 javanicus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 197 (1822) ; P. minor, 

 Riipp. Mus. Senck. ii. p. 185 (1837). 



Malaya Bdba, Russ. 



Ad. (India). Differs from P. onocrotalus in being smaller, rh having 

 a shorter bill, the forehead in being devoid of any swelling, and in having 

 the tail composed of 22 feathers instead of 24 as in P. onocrotalus. Culmen 

 12-0, wing 24-0, tail 7'0, tarsus 4 '5 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Asia, and the Malay Archipelago, India ; 

 westward to south-eastern Europe and Africa. 



This is a very doubtful subspecies, and in India, where both 

 P. roseus and P. onocrotalus occur, intermediate examples are, 

 according to Mr. Blanford, frequently to be met with. 



787. DALMATIAN PELICAN. 

 PELECANUS CRISPUS. 



Pelecanus crispus, Bruch. Isis, 1832, p. 1109 ; Naum. xi. p. 180, Taf. 

 283 ; Gould, B. of E. v. pi. 405 ; Dresser, vi. p. 199, pi. 394 ; 

 Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvi. p. 468 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. 

 p. 335. 



Pelican crtfpu, French; Krauskopfiger Pelikan, German; 

 Kttdravaya Bala, Russ. ; Lamb6r t Pers. ; Kut&n, Tartar. 



Ad. (Cyprus). General colour silvery white with a greyish tinge ; 

 nuchal feathers elongated, soft, and curly ; most of the feathers on the 

 upper parts with black shafts ; quills blackish brown, the inner secondaries 

 margined with whitish ; tail greyish white ; feathers on lower throat 

 and breast elongated ; a patch on the lower throat yellowish ; bill blue- 

 grey marked laterally with red, pouch yellow ; bare space round the eye 

 flesh-coloured ; iris greyish ; legs lead-grey. Culmen 16'5, wing 28'0, 

 tail 9'1, tarsus 4'5 inch. The female is similar but rather smaller. 

 Young birds resemble those of P. onocrotalus in being brownish grey, but 

 differ in having the feathers at the base of the bill coming to an even 

 line across the forehead and not to a point ; head crestless ; pouch greyish. 



Hob. Southern but chiefly south-eastern Europe; north 

 Africa, rare in the west ; Asia east to south-east, Mongolia, and 

 China, visiting north-west India in winter. 1 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from P. onocrotalus, 

 and its eggs are similar to those of that species. 



1 Formerly inhabiting, and (as shown by remains of the young) breeding 

 in England. Bones have been found in the peat of the Fens of the Bedford 

 Level, and in considerable numbers at Glastonbury in Somerset. 



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