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breast. It lays from two to three eggs, which arc white, with 

 chalky shells. As we all know, the principal character of these 

 truly magnificent birds is the great skinny pouch attached to the 



Fig. 53. The Brown Pelican. 



By the author, after Audubon, and greatly reduced. 



entire borders of their very weak lower jaws. This pouch is best 

 developed in the Brown Pelican, where it extends at least half 

 way down the neck. 



