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Priecanus, Lin. Pe” Ay 
The Pelicans comprise ‘all those in which the bas of ‘the bill i s 
found to have some part destitute of feathers. Their nostrils aré’ . | 
fissures, the apertures of which are scarcely perceptible. Theskin » 
of their throat is more or less extensible, and their tongue very ” 
small. Their thin gizzard, with their other stomachs, forms alarge 
sac. Their ceca are moderate or small. ' ; : 
Prxecanus, Illig—Onocroratus,. Briss.(1), 
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The bill of the True Pelicans is very remarkable for its extr eme “< 
length, its straight, very broad and horizontally flattened form, for : 
the hook which terminates it, and for the lower mandible whose ‘y 
flexible branches sustain a naked membrane, susceptible of being 
dilated into’a large sac. _Two grooves extend along its length, in 
which the nostrils are concealed. The circumference of the eye is 
naked, and the tail round. €: 
P. onocrotalus, L.; Enl. 87; Edw. 92; Frisch, 186. (The Com- 
mon Pelican.) As large as a Swan, entirely white, slightly tinged | 
with flesh colour; the hook of the bill of a cherry-red; is more ~ ] 
or less disseminated throughout the eastern continent, breeds f 
in marshes, and feeds exclusively on living Fish. It is said to 
transport both food and water in its sac. The different changes 
this bird undergoes from age are not sufficiently ascertained to 
render certain the species of its genus that are enumerated. (2) 
PHatacrocorax, Briss.—Canrso, Meyer.—Hatixvs, Illig. 
(1) Pelecanus and Onocrotalus ave two Greek names of this bird Latinizéd: 
(2) I see no difference between the Common Pelican and the Pelec. roseus, Son- 
ner. Prem. Voy. pl. liv. As to the Pelec. manillensis, Id. LUI, Sonnerat himself 
says he thinks it is the young of the voseus. Neither can I find any difference be- ” 
tween the fustus, Edw. 93, and that of the Pl. Enl. 965, called roseus, but which i is q 
much more like the manillensis. Temminck thinks this figure represents the young 
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of the common species. The philippensis, Briss., V1, pl. lvi, is the same. specimen 
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The Cormorants(3) have an elongated ‘ant compressed beak, the cd 
from which the Pl. Enl. 965 was taken, so that both are the young of the onocrota- 
lus. That of pl. 957, also called fuscus, appears to be really a species identical © 
with that of Vieill. Gal. 276.—Add the Pel. a lunettes (P. perspicillatus, T.) Col.. 
276. * tae é Z:, 
(3) Cormorant, from Cormoran, a corruption of Corbeau marin, on account of a a 
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black colour. It is in fact the Aquatic Crow of Aristotle. Phalacrocorax (Bi 
Crow) is the Greek name of this bird, indicated by Pliny, but is not employed 
Aristotle. That of Carbo is only used by Albert, who perhaps derived it from the as 
German name Scharb. To all these names Vieillot has added that of Eyre, 
Gal. 275. 
