Manners. 



S92 PELICAN. 



in the other, is the general colour of the reft of the plumage: 

 legs reddifh brown : middle toes ferrated : neither of thefe were 

 bare on the fides of the head, nor had any appearance of a pouch 

 on the under mandible. Not far different from the above is one 

 mentioned by OJbeck*. In his bird the cere at the bafe of the 

 bill (he fays) is blue, and extends to the eyes ; the temples, or 

 fides of the head, being naked : the tongue large, almoft trifid at 

 the top ; the corner at the bottom fplit : the head, fore part of 

 the neck, bread, and belly, white : the general colour of the reft 

 of the plumage black : tail forked, giving the idea of a pair of 

 Jcijfars : legs black. 

 Place and This he met with at the IJle of Afcenjion, where it is very tame,, 



and does not appear to be afraid of mankind. He fuppofes it in- 

 capable of fifhing for itfelf, as he obferved it to be on the watch 

 till fome other bird had caught a fijh ; which it immediately pur- 

 fued, and obliged the fuccefsful captor to render up his prey, by 

 returning it by the mouth, on which this depredator feized the 

 fifi, and ceafed further perfecution. 



12. T ENGTH three feet two inches. Bill five inches and a half long, 



p- R> p> and hooked at the end, as in the Corvorant: colour black ; fpace 



Description, round the eyes well feathered : the upper part of the head, neck, 

 and body, brown, with a greenifh glofs : the wing coverts neareft 

 the body dark glofTy green : fore part of the neck mottled brown 

 and white ; the reft of the under parts white : vent black : tail 

 forked ; the fhafts of all the feathers white : legs dufky black j 

 the middle claw ferrated on the infide. 



• Fej.ii. p. 87. — Amcen. AcaJ.lv. p. 238. N* 7. 



Inhabits 



