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PELECANUS CRISPUS. 



(DALMATIAN PELICAN.) 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 292 (1811, nee Linn.). 



Pelecanus crispus, Bruch, Isis, 1832, p. 1109. 



Pelecanus patagiatus, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 361 (1855). 



Pelican crepu, French ; krauskopfiger Pelikan, Riesen-Pelikan, German ; Baba-ptitza, 

 Barboussia, Russian. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 283 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 405. 



Ad. supra sordide albus vix griseo tinctus : nuchae plumis elongatis filamentosis crispis : fronte plumosa mar- 

 ginata : remigibus nigricantibus, secundariis intimis albo marginatis et ad basin albis : tectricibus 

 alarum et scapularibus versus apicem nigricantibus : eauda. grisea, seapis fuscis : corpore subtus albido, 

 plumis in gutture imo elongatis, plaga, gutturali flavicante, regione oculari incarnata, iride margaritacea : 

 rostro plumbeo-griseo, lateraliter rubro notato : sacco gulari flavido : pedibus griseis. 



Juv. fusco-griseus, nucha haud cristata, sacco gulari griseo. 



Adult (Limacol marshes, Cyprus). Upper parts generally dull white with a greyish or bluish-grey tinge; 

 feathers on the nape elongated and very soft, feathers on the forehead coming to an even line across ; 

 shafts to most of the wing-coverts and scapulars blackish, except at the base ; quills blackish brown, 

 the inner secondaries margined with dull white and white at the base ; tail greyish, the shafts of the 

 feathers dark brown ; underparts dull white ; the feathers on the lower throat and breast elongated ; a 

 patch on the lower throat yellowish ; bare space round the eye flesh-coloured ; iris greyish j bill blue- 

 grey marked with red along the side ; pouch yellow ; legs lead-grey. Total length about 60 inches, 

 culmen 14"3, wing 26 - 3, tail 7 - 5, tarsus 4' 7. 



Young. Resembles the young of Pelecanus onocrotalus in being brownish grey ; but the feathers at the base 

 of the bill come to an even line across the forehead, and not to a point ; head devoid of crest ; pouch 

 greyish. 



The present species inhabits Southern, especially South-eastern Europe, North Africa, and Asia 

 as far east as India. It has not been met with straggling so far north as the Roseate Pelican, 

 and has not been observed in Scandinavia, Great Britain, or France ; and though Boeck says that 

 it has occurred once near Danzig, it does not appear to have been observed elsewhere in North 

 Germany. It has not been recorded from Portugal ; nor did Colonel Irby or Lord Lilford meet 

 with it in Spain ; but Mr. Howard Saunders says that it has been obtained at Valencia and in 

 the Balearic Isles. According to Salvadori there is no proof that this Pelican has ever been 

 met with in Italy; but it is found in South-eastern Germany, Greece, and Turkey. Messrs. 



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