Molina's Pelican (Pelecanus thagus). 405 



Description of the colours of the soft parts of 

 examples o/Pelecauus thagus. 



No. 25. ? . 



Irides bluish black with pale yellowish outer ring. Upper 

 mandible : culmeu greenish blue; hook corneous, lateral bar 

 yellow approaching orange. Lower mandible : ramus greenisli 

 blue, dorsal edge yellow. Poucli : ground-colour bluish with 

 striations parallel to mandible of a deeper blue alternatnig 

 with purplish red, its lower portion orange without the blue 

 lines. Legs and feet lemon-green. 



Neck black, no white along the edge of the pouch; breast 

 pure white. 



N. ChinchaL, 16.2. 12. 



No. 39. ? . 



Irides dark brown ; bare skin in front of eyes to nostril 

 lavender-blue. Upper mandible : culmen and lateral bar 

 yellowj corneous scales at base ; culmen anteriorly corneous 

 with lake lines through it ; hook rich yellow ; lateral bar 

 anteriorly lake-red becoming rich orange at tip. Lower 

 mandible: skin at base lavender-blue; rami with yellow 

 corneous scales, passing into orange - red^ and terminal 

 hook orange. Gular pouch pale lavender-blue with pale 

 lines along it parallel to lower mandible as far down as level 

 of occiput; its lower portion very velvety sooty black with- 

 out pale lines; very pale lavender patch parallel to neck 

 and separated from the feathers by a black line. 



N. Chinchal., 21.2.12. 



No. 46. S ■ 



Irides pale grey. Pouch : uniform greenish blue Avith dark 

 blue margin underneath, parallel to the lower mandible. 

 Legs and feet pale greenish blue. 



Chincha Islands, 26.2. 12. 



No. 89. S . 

 Died in captivity. 



Entire neck black ; a few white tips to the feathers of the 

 forebead. 



Centi'al Chincha I., 6.3. 12. 



