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along culmen, 14°5 inches; tarsus, 5°5 inches ; another had the 
bill 15°5 inches ; wing, 27 inches; ina third the bill was 16 
inches in length.” 
‘Pelecanus rufescens, Gmel, 
‘““ Adult—Head with a long, full pendent crest, some of the 
feathers five inches in length; feathers 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 
six inches upon the neck ; bare skin around the eye contracted, 
of small dimensions, extending no distance behind the eye, 
reaching to the base of the 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 color; feathers on the crop stiffened yellowish ; 
wings yellowish white; secondaries silver grey; primaries 
black with black shafts, white at the base, with the shafts 
brownish at the tips; tail silver-grey; shafts of greater and 
lesser coverts, secondaries and tail feathers black; bill yellow- 
ish, without any spots on the upper mandible; bare ocular 
space flesh-color, with a black conspicuous spot near 
the upper mandible; gular pouch yellowish, streaked with 
reddish lines; tarsi flesh-colored. Length about 60 inches ; 
wings from carpal joint to end of primaries, 20 to 24 inches ; 
tail, 8 inches ; bill along culmen, 15 inches ; tarsus, 3? inches ; 
middle toe, 44 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 amottled appearance. 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 upon the flanks and 
also covering the vent and entire tail-coverts. The measure- 
ments are: Wing, 24 inches; tail, 8 inches; bill along culmen, 
134 inches ; tarsus, 3? inches; middle toe. 4 inches. 
‘A third specimen, still younger, has the head and neck 
covered with a whitish down, a few short feathers standing out 
from the occiput ;_ the feathers of the body rounded, none of 
the lanceolate shape (so conspicuous a feature in the adult) 
yet present ; upper parts and wings light brown, each feather 
with a broad margin of white; secondaries dark brown in the 
