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from the hook at its extremity, and from the nasal 

 grooves, which extend the entire length of the beak, 

 and conceal the nostrils. The orbits and throat are 

 naked : the tail rounded. 



Pelicans are usually large birds, and like their con- 

 geners subsist on fishes, and are excessively voracious : 

 they are excellent swimmers, but are incapable of 

 diving : they reside on the banks of rivers and lakes, 

 and occasionally on the sea-coasts. 



COMMON PELICAN. 

 (Pelecanus Onocrotalus.) 



Pe. incarnato-albus , alulis remigibusque primoribus nigris, gula 



sacco rufo. 

 Reddish -white Pelican with the bastard wing and primary quills 



black, the throat with a red sac. 

 Pelecanus Onocrotalus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1.215. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 6. 569. RaiiSyn.\2\. Lath. Ind. Om. 2. 882. 

 Onocrotalus Pelecanus. Briss. Om. 6. 519. 1. 

 Pelican. Buff. Ois. 8. 282. pi. 25. Buff. PL Enl. 87. Guv. 



Reg. Anim. 1. 523. 

 Pelican blanc. Temm. man. d'Orn. 584. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 891. 

 White Pelican. Edvo. Glean.pl. 93. Penn. Arct.Zool. 2. 505. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 575. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 397. 

 Variety? — Pelecanus Philippensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 571. 



Lath. Ind. Om. 2. 883. 

 Pelecanus roseus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 570. Lath. Ind. Om. 2. 



883. 

 Onocrotalus Philippensis. Briss. Om. 6. 527. pi. 46. 

 Pelican rose de l'lsle de Lucon. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 91. pi. 53. 



Buff PI. Enl. 965. 



