584 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PELECANUS. [Nov. 25, 
Reich. Syst. Av. vol. i. pl. 36. fig. 877 (juv.); Donnd. Ornith. 
Beitr. vol. ii. pt. 1, p. 849. sp. 12; Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1868) 
p. 268. 
Pélican des Philippines, Buff. Pl. Enl. 965; Bonnat, Ency. 
Méthod. Ornith. (1790) p. 43. 
Rose-coloured Pelican, Lath. Gen. Syn. vol. iii. p. 579 (1785). 
Pelecanus javanicus, Jerd. B. of Ind. vol. il. p. 857. 
Le Pélican rose de Vile de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. p. 91, pl. 54, 
vol. iii. (1776). 
Le Pélican brun de Vile de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. p. 91, pl. 53, 
vol. iii. 
Pelecanus manillensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. p. 571. 
sp. 11; Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 883. sp. 4; Donnd. Ornith. 
Beitr. vol. ii. pt. 1, p. 849. sp. 11. 
Onocrotalus philippensis, Briss. tom. vi. p. 527. sp. 3, t. 46; 
Bon. Consp. Gen. Ay. ii. p. 162; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, 4™¢ livr. 
. 33. 
. Pelecanus calorhynchus, Hodgs.; Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 86. 
P. gangeticus, Hodgs. ; Gray, Zool. Mise. p. 86. 
P. philippensis, J. K. Gray, Cat. Mamm. and Birds in Brit. Mus. 
presented by B. H. Hodgson. 
Adult. —Head with a long, full, pendent crest, some of the feathers 
5inches in length. YTeathers of the neck and head short, soft, rather 
furry to the touch; those of the body and wing-coverts long, and 
narrow lanceolate in form. Feathers of the forehead coming down 
to the bill, forming a concave line upon the culmen. Gular sac, 
starting from the base of the lower mandible, descending in a gently 
curved line for about 6 inches upon the neck. Bare skin around 
the eye contracted, of small dimensions, extending no distance be- 
hind the eye, reaching to base of upper mandible in front. Head 
and neck soiled white; crest dark grey, tinged with rose, each 
feather tipped with white. Back and upper tail-coverts deep rich 
rose-colour. Feathers on the crop long, stiffened, yellowish. Wings 
yellowish white, secondaries silver-grey ; primaries black, with black 
shafts, white at base, with white shafts, brownish at their tips. Tail 
silver-grey ; shafts of greater and lesser coverts, secondaries, and tail- 
feathers black. Bill yellowish, without any spots upon the upper 
mandible. Bare ocular space flesh-colour, with a black conspicuous 
spot near the upper mandible; gular pouch yellowish, streaked 
with reddish lines. ‘arsi flesh-colour. Length about 60 inches; 
wings, from carpal joint to end of primaries, 20-24 inches; tail 
8 inches ; bill, along culmen, 15 inches; tarsus 32? inches; middle 
toe 43 inches. 
A second specimen is somewhat younger, probably assuming for 
the first time the adult livery, and not in as perfect plumage as the 
first. It is devoid of crest; the feathers of the head and neck are 
short, brown tipped with white, giving to this part a mottled appear- 
ance. The remainder of the plumage is dark grey, centre of the 
feathers brown, secondaries tipped with light brown; there is more 
of the rose-colour, however, present, this hue extending somewhat 
