204 BIRDS OF BRITISH GriAXA. 



In P. occidentaUs the bill is ratlier more than twice the length 

 of the tail, and the middle toe and claw is longer than the 

 tarsus. 



129. Pelecanus occidentalis. 

 Brown Pelicax. 



Pelecamts occidentalis Linn. Svsl. Xat. 12th ed. i. p. 215, 1766 

 (Guiana) ; Brabourae & Chubb, B. S. Axaer. i. p. 61, no. 563, 1912. 



Pelecanus fuscus Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 764, 1S18 ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 18S6, p. 168 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 475, 

 1898 (British Guianaj. 



Adult. Back, wings, and tail hoary-grey, the feathers of the 

 back broadly fringed with dark brown, or black, as is also the npper 

 winjj-coverts along the edge of the wing : tail-feathers blackish 

 along the shaft like the inner primary and secondary quills, outer 

 primaries black at the tips, becoming grey on both webs on the 

 basal portion, where the shafts are white ; head and a line down 

 each side of the neck white ; nuchal crest, hind-neck, and lower 

 fore-neck rich sable-brown; under surface blackish with pale 

 shaft-lines to the feathers, which are much broader and whiter on 

 the sides of the body and axillaries ; some of the under tail-coverts 

 dull white ; under wing-coverts brown w ith w bite shaft-lines. 



Total length about 1100 mm., culmeu 2bO, wing 400, tail 134, 

 tarsus 67, middle toe and claw 109. 



The adult male and female are, accordincr to Mr. Oijilvie-Grant 

 in the ' Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum,^ xxA^i. p 475, 

 alike, but the female rather smaller. J wing 558 mm., ? 508. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the description is taken from an example in the British Museum. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



2^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eaas. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. " Occurs along the coasf (Schomhurgk). 



E.rtralimital Range. V^enezuela, Central America, Islands of 

 the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and the Southern States 

 of North America. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p, 764) 

 this bird occurs here and there along the coast, but does not breed 

 in the Colour. 



