488 OUR INDIAN PELICANS. 
Under the first group — 
P. onocrotalus, Linn. 
P. minor, Rapp. =P. mitratus, Licht. 
P. javanicus, Horst. 
And under the second group— 
P. crispus, Bruch, a species in regard to which no doubts can 
exist, and to which I need not therefore refer further. 
P. rufescens, Gmel.= P. philippensis, Gmel., Briss., &c. 
Professor Schlegel unites all the three former species under 
onocrotalus. 
The following are the more important of Mr. Elliott’s 
remarks in regard to these several species :— 
‘« Pelecanus onocrotalus, Zin. 
“ Occiput with a rather elongated crest during the breeding 
season; bare space around the eye diamond-shape behind 
and reaching to the base of the upper mandible; gular 
pouch extending for about six inches down the throat; 
feathers of the head form a distinct point upon the forehead ; 
upper mandible reddish at the base, becoming yellowish at 
the tip, with a line of crimson along the culmen; under 
mandible pale red; pouch and bare space about the eye flesh 
colour; primaries and spurious wing black; occipital crest* 
and the elongated feathers at the lower part of the neck in 
front light yellow; rest of plumage white, tinged with rose- 
colour ; tarsi flesh-colour ; tail of eighteen feathers. Length, 
about 5 feet; wing, 26 inches; tarsus, 44 inches; upper 
mandible, 16 inches. 
“ Habitat.—Europe and northern part of Africa. Common in 
Hungary, Crimea, Egypt, and Ionian Islands. Accidental in 
France and Algeria. In West Africa, at Senegambia, and 
Mozambique,+ also in Abyssinia. 
“The young during the first year are uniform greyish brown, 
the lanceolate feathers of the breast being entirely wanting. 
The perfect plumage is not acquired for some years; and 
the depth of the rosy tint is increased in the breeding season. 
+ * * * * * * * * 
“Very great confusion exists in the synonymy of this 
species, the difficulty in the majority of instances arising 
from the uncertainty as to whether there are two species, one 
with alengthened occipital pendent crest, which would appear 
to be a smaller bird, and the other without any crest properly 
* This is | fancy a mistake—probably a misprint. I cannot learn that any 
of this group of Pelicans has a light yellow crest, ; 
+ Ornithologie Westafrikas, p. 259. (Hartl.) 
