TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS 



I'iti. ]5l!OWN PlOLICAN. Pcli'ca IIIIS (ICcilli'lllclli.s. 



Range. — Pound on the South Atlantic aud Gulf 

 coasts of the United States. 



Brown Pelicans are about 50 Inches in length; 

 tliey have a blackish and grayish body and a 

 white head and neck with a brown stripe down 

 the l)ack of the latter. The pouch is a dark green- 

 ish brown. This species is maritime and is not 

 found inland. They breed in large colonies on 

 many of the islands in the Gulf of Mexico and on 



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Chalky \\iiitp 



Pelican Island on the east coast of Florida in 

 which latter place they are now protected fioui 

 furtlier depredations at the liand of eggers and 

 gunners. Tlieir flsliing tactics differ from those 

 of the White Pelican. Tliey dive down upon the 

 school of fish from the air and rarely miss mak- 

 ing a good catch. Their nests are quite bulky structures made of sticks and 

 weeds and grasses. These are generally located on the ground but occasionally 

 in low mangroves, these laJtter nests being more bulky than the ground ones. 

 They lay from two to fiv« chalky white eggs during May and June. Size 3. x 

 1.90. Data. — Tampa Bay, Pla., May 29, 1894. Three eggs_. Nest in the top of 

 E; stout mangrove; made of sticks, branches and leaves. Collector, Geo. Graham. 



127. California Brown Pelican. Pelecanns calif ornicus. 



Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia south to the Galapagos Islands. 



This bird is similar to the preceding, but larger and t,he pouch is reddish. 

 They breed abundantly on the Coronado Islands and southward. Their habits, 

 nesting habits and eggs are the same as those of the Brown Pelican. Size of 

 the three or four chalky white eggs is :3.10 x 1.9.5. Data. — Coronado Islands, 

 Calif., March 28, 1897. Three eggs. Nest of sticks, lined with green leaves, 

 located on the ground. Collector, PI. McConville. 



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