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with the hase and point pink, and, in some subjects, 

 mottled with black : head and half the neck pink ; the 

 feathers short and downy : irides red : the general co- 

 lour of the rest of the plumage deep chocolate brown, 

 with a tinge of pink throughout the whole : wings 

 paler brown ; the outer edges of three or four of the 

 quills pale red, giving the appearance of a speculum ; 

 bend of the wing white, with some of the lower covers 

 curving downwards at the ends, as in the male of the 

 western duck : tail about two inches long, darker than 

 the quills, which reach to about two thirds of the length : 

 legs pale reddish brown, or blue grey ; the webs dark. 

 The adult female is said not to difrer from the male, 

 except in the plumage being less brilliant ; and, accord- 

 ing to some drawings, none of the wing covers curve 

 downwards. 



Inhabits various parts of India ; most frequent in the 

 province of Oude : is rarely seen in flocks, for the most 

 part only two being found together : is often kept tame, 

 and becomes tolerably familiar." 



The Pelican. 



Pelecanus Onocrotalus, Linn. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 215. AucL Pelican blanc, Temm. Man. 

 ii. 891. White Pelican, Edwards, Gleani?igs, pi. 93. 



The pelican is such a well-known bird, and its de- 

 scription occupies such a prominent place in all natural 

 histories of birds, even the most elementary, that we shall 

 chiefly confine our remarks to a few of those particulars 

 only which regards its manners, whether in a wild or a do- 

 mesticated state. Pelicans are among the most common 

 birds seen in menageries, and are distributed over all the 

 temperate regions of the world ; but there seems reason 

 to believe that, under this general name, several species, 

 inhabiting different regions, will hereafter be detected. 

 Those described by Mr. Bennett, as then in the Tower 

 menagerie, were of a very light and delicate flesh-colour, 

 varied only by occasional darker tinges, but with the 



