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PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS. 



(ROSEATE PELICAN.) 



Onocrotalus, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 519 (1760). 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 215 (1766). 



Onocrotalus phoenix, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 371 (1828). 



Pelecanus roseus, Eversm. Add. ad Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. fasc. i. p. 29 (1835). 



Pelecanus minor, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. Vog. N.O.-Afr. p. 140, pi. 49 (1845). 



% Pelecanus giganteus, A. E. Brehm, J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 94. 



Pelican Mane, French ; Pelicano, Portuguese ; Onocrotalo, Pellicano, Italian ; Sassla, 

 Maltese ; Abu-djemel, Arabic ; gemeiner PeliJcan, Kropfgans, German. 



Figures notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 87; Werner, Atlas, Palmipedes, pi. 63; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. 

 taf. 186; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 282; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 81. fig. 1; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 405 ; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 342. 



Ad. albus rosaceo tinctus, occipitis plumis elongatis cristam formantibus et plumis in gutture imo elongatis 

 isabellino tinctis : remigibus primariis nigris, secundariis griseo-nigris in pogonio iuterno et extus 

 griseo-albis : scapularibus albis, nigro marginatis : plumis frontafibus medianis in cuspidem antice pro- 

 tractis : rostro caeruleo, culminis lateribus rubro notatis : regione orbitali et loris nudis cum fronte 

 flavidis, iride coccinea, : sacco gulari flavido : pedibus incarnatis. 



Juv. supra isabellino-cervinus griseo-fusco notatus, scapularibus griseo-fuscis : uropygio albido : Cauda sordide 

 grisea : remigibus fuscis conspicue griseo marginatis, tectricibus alarum fuseis sordide isabellino 

 variegatis : corpore subtus sordide albido. 



Adult (Egypt). Entire plumage, excepting the wings, white tinged with rose-colour; feathers on the 

 occiput elongated and pointed, forming a conspicuous crest; a tuft of feathers on the front of the 

 lower neck elongated, rather stiff, and tinged with isabelline ; primaries black ; secondaries white or 

 greyish on the outer web, and greyish black on the inner web ; some of the white scapulars with 

 narrow black margins; feathers on the forehead coming to a sharp point towards the culmen; bill 

 blue-grey with a pink line down the side marked with red ; bare space round the eye and sides of the 

 lump on the forehead with the forehead itself yellowish ; iris rich red ; legs and feet pink. Total length 

 about 46 inches, culmen 13 - 0, wing 25-0, tail 7 # 8, tarsus 4-5. 



Young (Smyrna, 9th November). Upper parts generally dirty creamy buff, varied with greyish brown; 

 scapulars greyish brown ; rump dirty white ; tail dull greyish ; quills brown, broadly margined with 

 greyish; wing-coverts brown, varied with creamy buff; underparts dirty white; feathers on the 

 forehead coming to a point as in the adult. 



Obs. I find that authors do not by any means agree as to the coloration of the soft parts of either this or 



