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KEY To THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAniLY PELECANID^. 



Pelicans. 



Bill, hooked at tip, over twelve inches long and having a large 

 pouch ; lores, bare ; toes, four, all connected by webs. 



White Pelican. 



* Group 1. Wing, over 17 inches long. 



Goiifi'iil iiluiii:i;;r, white. 



Pelecamis erythrorhynchos. White Pelican. 



See No. S3. 



(iencral plinnuj^e, not white (eolor:itiou very vnri.able uoeording to age and season, but 

 ni'vei- wliite). Pelecanus fuscus. Brown Pelican. 



See No. 84. 



^ For tlirectioiiH lor measurcnicut, t>ec page y. 



