SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 
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BROWN PELICAN. 
Family 13. PELICANS. PELECANID. 
Bill hooked at tip, with a large pouch; tail short, square; eye space bare. 
Family 14. MAN-O’ WAR BIRDS. FREGATID2. 
Bill hooked; pouch small; tail long and forked; eye space feathered. 
ORDER V. Ducks, GEESE, AND Swans. ANSERES. 
(1 family, 49 species, 6 subspecies. ) 
Birds of familiar form; bill, except in Mergansers or Saw-billed Ducks, 
broad and with rows of ‘strainers’ or ‘gutters’ on either side; wings 
short, in the Ducks usually with a bright colored patch or speculum; 
tail generally short; legs short; feet webbed. Most species, unlike 
the Grebes, take wing rather than dive when pursued. 
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RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 
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