210 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
PELECANUS FUSCUS Zinn. 
Brown Pelican. 
Adult in breeding plumage: Neck chestnut brown; head and line at the base of the pouch 
yellowish white; upper parts ashy gray, some of the feathers edged with brownish. Bill 
brownish white marked with red in spots; pouch dark greenish black; bare space in front of 
the eye bluish; tail consists of twenty-two feathers. The immature bird has the head and neck 
brownish gray. 
Length, 50 ; Wing, 20; Tarsus, 2.90; Bill, 11. 
This species is abundant in Florida, breeding in numbers in some locali- 
ties. The eggs are three to five, of a bluish white color, covered with a 
chalky deposit. 
Habitat: ‘* Atlantic coast of tropical and sub-tropical America, north on 
the Atlantic coast to North Carolina; accidental in Illinois.” (A.0.U.) 
