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THE BIEDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Family Pelecanidce. 

 Bill long and flattened, with external nostrils. 



Genus Pelecanus. 

 Bill very long, broad and flat, a median bar all along. A 

 very large distensible gular pouch. Wings large. Tail small. 



From life 



H. P. C. Ashworth. 



Young Pelicans: Pelecanus covspicillatvs. 



The Pelican. 



Pelecanus conspicillatus. 



Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. 



General colour white; scapulars, shorter upper tail-coverts, and tail 

 black; gular pouch and mandibles yellowish white. Total length about 

 60 inches, culmen 17, wing 24, tail 7.5, tarsus 5. In breeding plumage 

 there is a crest on the back of the head and neck. 



An untidy nest on the ground with very little lining, what 

 there is being composed of twigs and herbage. Usually on an 

 island or narrow spit of land, either inland or on the coast. 



