pelecanid^;. 857 



The specimen in the Museum of the Asiatic Society sufficiently 

 agrees with the characters given above. The bird figured by 

 Bree as P. onocrotalus has the occipital crest full and long ; the 

 plumage is somewhat rosy, and the feathers on the breast are 

 golden-yellow ; it might rather be mitratus, or P, minor of Kuppell. 

 The whole plumage, in the drawing, is more or less lanceolate. 

 Is it possible that P. mitratus should be the male, and onocrotalus, 

 as previously described, the female ? 



As far as is known, this crested Pelican is much more rare than 

 the last, or than the next species, and I know nothing particular 

 of its habits or distribution in India. It appears to be spread 

 through part of Asia, Africa, and likewise South-eastern Europe. 



1003. Felecanus javanicus, Horsfield. 



Lin. Trans. XIII. 197— Blyth, Cat. 1741 (in part)— P. 

 onocrotalus of some Indian writers — perhaps of Pallas — P. 

 roseus, Gmelin — P. minor, Ruppell, Mus. Senken., and Ueber. 

 Faun. Abyss., pL 49 ? — P. calorhynchus, Hodgson. 



The Lesser white Pelican. 



Descr. — White, in fresh plumage with a highly roseate tint ; 

 primaries dusky ; secondaries grey externally ; tertiaries whitish, 

 with broad black margins on each side, internally greyish; tail white. 



The feathers of the head and neck are disposed much as in P. 

 onocrotalus, but in general there is a more marked, small occipital 

 crest, and the feathers of the breast, in some, are rich golden-yellow. 



Bill blue in the centre, red and yellow on the sides, the tip 

 blood red ; lower mandible bluish posteriorly, yellow in front ; 

 skin of the face pale fleshy ; pouch yellow, veined with purplish 

 red ; irides blood red; legs fleshy pink. Length 4 feet 8 inches ; 

 wing 24 to 25 inches ; tail 6^ ; tarsus 4 ; mid-toe and claw.4^ ; bill 

 12 to 13. 



I find it very difficult to determine what the small white 

 Pelican of India really is, having but few specimens to examine 

 and none except from India. Horsfield originally described 

 javanicus as white with a short crest, the primaries black, the 

 secondaries and feathers of the back (scapulars or tertiaries) 

 margined with black, and the shaft white, the tail white, about 4 



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