82 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
inland body of water. Eggs 1-3 or 4, 3.34 x 2.22. Hab. Whole of tem- 
perate North America, north in the interior to about 61°, south, in 
winter, as far as Guatemala; rare along Atlantic coast of the United 
States ...... 125. P. erythrorhynchos Gmuet. American White Pelican, 
a. Tail-feathers 22; lower jaw entirely naked; color chiefly grayish mixed with 
dusky. (Subgenus Leptopelicanus Reicu.) 
Nuptial plumage: Head, and feathers bordering base of gular pouch, all 
round, white, the top of the former sometimes straw-yellowish ; rest of 
neck rich velvety reddish brown, varying from light reddish chestnut 
to seal-skin brown, or nearly black; upper part of hind-neck with a 
more or less distinct crest of chestnut; upper parts silvery gray, the 
feathers of back, rump, lesser wing-coverts, etc., edged with dark brown, 
producing a striped or streaked appearance ; lower parts dark brownish 
gray, the sides, etc., streaked with silvery white. Winter adult: Similar, 
but whole head and neck white, except for a straw-yellow tinge on the 
former and on the lower part of the fore-neck. Young: Head and neck 
light brownish gray, somewhat mottled with paler tips to the feathers; 
back, wing-coverts, etc., dull brown, the feathers tipped with pale ful- 
vous; lower parts white, tinged with brownish gray laterally and pos- 
teriorly. 
6. Smaller, with pouch always dull greenish dusky or olive-dusky; 
length about 444 feet, wing 18.50-21.00, culmen 9.40-12.20. West 
a slight heap or mound of travel, etc., on or near sea-beach. Eggs 
3.01 x 1.95. Hab. Coasts and islands of Gulf of Mexico and Carib- 
bean Sea, including West Indies; north, regularly, to North Caro- 
lina, accidentally (blown by storm ?) to Illinois. 
126. P. fuscus Linn. Brown Pelican. 
&. Larger, with pouch red during pairing season; length 44 feet, or 
more, wing 20.50-23.25, culmen 12.25-14.75. Hab. Pacific coast 
from Washington Territory to western Mexico (perhaps to Panama, 
or farther).. 127. P. californicus Rinew. California Brown Pelican. 
Famity FREGATIDA!.—Tue Man-o’-War Birps, (Page 73.) 
Genera. 
(Characters same as for the Family)...............:seeeee . Fregata. (Page 82.) 
Genus FREGATA Covimr. (Page 82, pl. XVIII, fig. 2.) 
Species. 
a. Culmen more than 4.15. 
Adult male: Entirely black, the lanceolate scapulars and interscapulars 
glossed with metallic bottle-green and reddish purple. Adult female: 
