448 BIRDS OCCURRING IN INDIA NOT DESCRIBED 



and belly mottled with ash colour ; the inner ridge of the wing 

 the same ; the bill has the long furrow, as is seen in the 

 greater one, but the nostrils are sufficiently apparent, being 

 about half an inch in length, rather broader at that part which 

 is near the base. This has a large red pouch at the chin and 

 throat, as in the former species. It is most likely that mine is 

 the male bird, as others, suspected to be of the opposite sex, 

 have little or no traces of the jugular pouch." — Lath., Gen. 

 Syn. 



u The male has the entire plumage brownish black ; the feathers 

 of the head glossed with green, and the lengthened plumes of 

 the back with purple and green reflexions ; orbits and gular 

 pouch deep red ; bill bluish horn colour ; irides black ; feet 

 dark reddish brown. 



" The female is similar to the male, but browner ; is destitute 

 of the coloured plumes on the back ; has some of the wing- 

 coverts and tertiaries edged with light brown, forming a mark 

 along the wing ; a collar at the back of the neck ; the breast 

 and upper part of the flanks white, washed with rufous." — Gould f 

 u Birds of Australia." 



1004 Us.— Pelecanus crispus, Bruch. 



Turning now to the other sub-group in which the feathers 

 of the forehead terminate not in a point but in a line concave 

 to the base of the culmen, we have first Pelecanus crispus, 

 the large size and generally silvery hue of which ought to 

 prevent its being mistaken for any other species. 



Some ten years ago I first pointed out that this species 

 occurred in India, and though this was somewhat doubted at the 

 time, it was subsequently accepted. 



This species is not included by Dr. Jerdon in his " Birds of 

 India," and full dimensions and description will be useful to 

 Indian Ornithologists. As in other species of the genus the 

 male considerably exceeds the female in size. 



Male. — Length, 70 to 74*5 ; expanse, 114 to 122; tail from 

 vent, 9*5 to 10 ; wing, 26*25 to 29-28 ; bill at front including 

 nail, 15-4 to J6'6 ; weight, 20 to 271bs. 



Female. — Length, 66 to 68; expanse, 110 to 115; wing, 

 25 to 28 ; tail from vent, 7 '5 to 9 ; bill at front, including 

 nail, 13-4 to 15-0 ; weight, 18 to 241bs. 



The sexes are apparently perfectly similar. In the adults 

 the irides are white ; in the young pale yellow, and possibly 

 in a younger stage brownish yellow ; the legs and feet are a 



