2 STEGANOPODES 
Range. The Pelecanid@ are distributed over the tropical and temperate regions of both 
hemispheres. 
Bibliography. Schlegel, Mus. Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas (Pelecanus) (1863); Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 
p- 269 (1868), p. 631 (1871); Elliot, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 579 (1869); Dubois, Bull. Mus. 
Hist. Nat. Belg. Vol. 2, p. 1 (1883); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 26, p. 460 (1898); 
Dubois, Synopsis Avium, Vol. 2, p. 1005 (1903). 
GENUS PELECANUS LINNAEUS 
Pelecanus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. p. 132 (1758) (type P. onocrotalus). 
Synonyms : Onocrotalus, Brisson, Orn. Vol. 6, p. 51g (1760) (type P. onocrotalus). — Cyrtopelicanus, 
Reichenbach, Naturl. Syst. Vég. p. 7 (1853) (type P. evythrorhynchus). — Leptopelicanus, Reichen- 
bach, ibidem (1853) (type P. fuscus). — Ea inne Reichenbach, ibidem (1853) (type 
P. conspicillatus). 
Characters. The same as those of the family. 
KEY OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 
1. Gular pouch extending less than halfway down the neck; general plumage white, occasio- 
nally more or less tinged with rosy pink. 
A. Bare loral space extending to the mandibles. 
a. Feathers on the forehead extending to a point on the culmen (fig. 2). 
a’, Size very large; tail with 24 feathers : 
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2. Breast-patch rufous chesnut. P. SHARPEI. 
Susizel smaller: tatl with e2nfeatheyss = lt eee Ce me ee eee eROSEUS. 
b. Feathers on the forehead forming a concave line at the base of the culmen (fig. 3). 
b!'. Lower mandible free of feathers at base; feathers with blackish shafts : 
4. Size large, wings om71; a full crest of long, soft, curly featheys. . . . BP. cRIsPus. 
b!. Smaller, wings 0”57 — o”59 
5. Sides of the upper mandible with irregular blackish spots . . . . . . QP. PHILIPPENSIS. 
6. Sides of the upper mandible without spots. . . . . . . . = . . FP. RUFESCENS. 
c. Lower mandible feathered at base : 
qs Heathers with withe Shafts: 5) 2) 3 = 0) ee 3) ee ee ERMERERORENNGEUS: 
B. Bare loral space separated from the bill by a row of feathers. 
8. Upper tan-coventsand tailtblack | 302) 2 beds ee) es ey GONSPICIPEAMTIS. 
2. Gular pouch large, extending about halfway down the neck; plu- 
mage coloured. 
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10. Smaller, wings o”52: pouch dull greenish brown or olive-bvown . . . . P. Fuscus. 
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