PELICAN. 603 



deep brown, or black. In fome fpecimens the bill is reddifh, and 

 the legs dull yellow : the chin white, covered with feathers, and 

 deftitute of creft : the feathers of the fides near the vent ftreaked 

 with white : thighs black : the ftripe on each fide of the neck not 

 fo diftinct ; and the black on the neck lefs pure. Whether this 

 conftitutes the difference of fex muft be left to future obfervation. 

 In other birds I obferve the creft as in the firft-defcribed j but the 

 diftenfible pouch of the throat not bare, and feemingly much lefs 

 capacious. I have likewife obferved one with the white on the 

 fides of the neck not patting above half the length of it. 



This fpecies inhabits New Zealand, and builds among the Place. 



rocks ; met with principally in Queen Charlotte's Sound t where it 

 is known by the name of Pa-degga-degga. 



Lev. Muf. ,_ 



CARUNCULA- 

 ALMOST the fize of the laft. Bill dufky : fides of the head TED SH. 



bare of feathers : between the bill and eye much caruncu- Description. 

 lated, and red ; the reft of the fpace round the eye afti-colour ; 

 the orbits of a fine mazarine blue, and elevated j and over the eye 

 is a tubercle larger than the reft : the irides are whitifh, or very 

 pale brown : the head fomewhat flat on the fides, and the crown 

 rather full of feathers : the top of the head, and fides of it, the 

 hind part of the neck, and all the upper parts of the body, the 

 wings, and tail, are black, except a longilh patch of white on the 

 wing coverts : the forehead, chin, and all beneath, white : the 

 legs are flefh-colour, or very pale brown. 



This inhabits New Zealand; found in Queen Charlotte's Sound, Pla^h. 



though not in plenty -, but was met with by millions in Staaten 



4 H 2 Land; 



