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SAW-BILLED PELICAN. 



(Pelecanus Thagus.) 



Pe. canda rotundaid, rostro serrato. 



Pelican with a rounded tail and serrated beak. 



Pelecanus Thagus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 577. Lath. Ind. Orn 



2. 884. 

 Onocrotalus rostro denticulato. Briss. Orn. 6. 527. A. 

 Onocrotalus Mexicanus dentalus, Alcatraz. Rail Syn. 127. 

 Saw-billed Pelican. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 579. Lath. Gen. Hist. 



x. 409. 



This bird differs from the Common Pelican merely 

 in having the edges of the beak toothed, and the beak 

 itself of a saffron colour : the legs are also saffron 

 colour, inclining to red. Inhabits Mexico. 



ROUGH-BILLED PELICAN ? 

 7* (Pelecanus? trachyrhynchos.) 



Pe ? cristaius albus, gidd saccata nigro striata, rostro rugoso. 

 Crested white Pelican ? the gular sac striped with black, the 



beak rugose. 

 Pelecanus trachyrhynchos. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 884. 

 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 5/1- 

 Rough-billed Pelican. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 586. Lath. Gen. 



Hist. x. 408. 



This curious species is thus commemorated by Dr. 

 Latham, in his History : — " Size between a Goose 



