410 PELICAN. 



even given a figure of the bill, Mr. Ray rather conjectured that the 

 indentations might have arisen from injury; we have never seen 

 such a bird. 



** BILL SMOOTH— POUCH MODERATE— TAIL FORKED. 



FRIGATES. 



13— GREATER FRIGATE PELICAN. 



Pelecanus Aquilus, Ind. Orn. ii. 885. Lin. i. 216. Gm. Lin. i. 572. Osb. It. 292 ? 



Borowsk. iii. p. 42. Forst. Voy. i. 588. Id. ii. 433. Bartr. Trav. p. 293. Lin. 



Trans, xiii. p. 1. 

 Fregata, Bris. vi. 506. t. 43. f. 2.— male. Id. 8vo. ii. 493. 

 avis, Rabihorcado, Raii, 153. 192. 15. Will. 306. t. 77. Id. Engl. 398. pi. 



77. Petiv. Gaz. t. 54. 1. Ulloa's Voy. ii. 304. 

 Tachypetes Aquila, Vieillot, Tern. Man. Anal. p. ex. 



La Fregate, Buf. viii. 381. PL enl. 961. Pern. Voy. i. 125. Hist. Louis, ii. 118. 

 Man of War Bird, Brown, Jam. 483. Damp. Voy. i. p. 49. Id. iii. pt. 2d. pi. p. 99. 



Sloan. Jam. i. p. 30. 

 Frigate Bird, Albin, iii. pi. 80. Gen. Birds, 67. pi. 16. 

 Frigate Pelican, Gen. Syn. vi. 587. Wood's Zoogr. i. p. 557. 



SIZE, in the body, of a large Fowl; length three feet, breadth seven 

 or eight; weight two pounds and three quarters. Bill slender, dusky 

 yellow, five inches long, and much curved at the point ; in the place 

 of nostrils a Hue line, or fissure, on each side of the upper mandible; 

 from the base a reddish, dark-coloured skin spreads on each side of 

 the head, taking in the eyes; from the under mandible hangs a loose 

 membranaceous bag, attached some way down the throat, as in the 

 Common Pelican, and applied to the same uses ; the colour fine deep 

 red, sprinkled on the sides with a few scattered feathers ; the whole 

 plumage glossy brownish black, except the wing coverts, which 

 have a rufous tinge; tail long, and much forked, consisting of twelve 

 feathers ; the outer ones about eighteen inches in length, the middle 



