588 CLASS AVES. 



its straight form, large, and flatted horizontally by 

 the hook which terminates it, and Anally by the 

 lower mandible in which the flexible branches sus- 

 tain a membrane naked and dilateable into a volumi- 

 nous bag. Two furrows pass along the bill, and the 

 nostrils are hidden therein; round the eyes is naked, 

 as well as the throat ; the tail is round. 



The Common Pelican. Pelec Onocrotalus, L. Enl. 

 87. Edw. 92. Frisch. 186. 



As big as a swan ; entirely white, slightly tinted 

 with flesh-colour ; the hook of the bill as red as a 

 cherry. This bird is more or less spread throughout 

 the old world, builds in the marshes, and feeds on 

 live fish. It is said, that they carry provisions and 

 water in their throat-bag. The variations of the age 

 of this bird are not so far determined that a safe 

 enumeration of the species of its genus can be 

 made. 



I see no difference between the Common Pelican 

 and P. Roseus of Son. 1st Voy. 54. As to P. Manil- 

 lensiSi Id. 53, Sonnerat himself says, that he believes 

 it to be the young of Roseus. Neither do I see any 

 difference between P. Fuscus, Edw. 93, and that 

 of the PI. Enl. 965, which is cited under Roseus y 

 but which is much more like Manillensis. M. Tem- 

 minck considers this figure as representing the young 

 of the common species. The Philippensis of Briss. 

 vi. pi. 5Q>, is the same individual as was the subject 



