440 PELICAN. 



Is met with in New Guinea ; has been seen at Kamtschatka ; and 

 is said to be found in the Ferroe Isles ; but we rather suspect it to 

 have been mistaken for another Species. 



However stupid this bird may in general be, Mr. Abbot gives one 

 instance of its ferocity. One of them was met with in a path distant 

 from the water in Burke County, in Georgia, and when approached 

 by the person who found it, the creature ran directly at him, and, 

 before he could make a blow at it, stuck the bill in his leg to the 

 bone. This bird is described, as having the white of the under 

 parts continued wholly round the middle of the neck; and Mr. A. 

 observes, that they are not unfrequent near the mouths of large 

 rivers. 



36— TUCKET'S BOOBY. 



Pelecanus Sula, (Booby) Tuck. Narr. p. 46. 



THE length of this bird is eighteen inches. Bill conical, 

 slightly curved, nostrils very open, being two wide longitudinal 

 slits on the sides of the upper mandible; plumage in general rusty 

 brown, deepest, and rather glossy on the quills, which are black ; 

 but the under part of them dirty white ; crown of the head dove- 

 colour, lightest towards the forehead; the eye dark brown, surrounded 

 by a circle of white feathers ; bill and legs black. 



The female somewhat less ; the colour of the crown deeper, nearly 

 mixing with the general brown, and the circle of minute feathers 

 round the eye black. 



These were met with in May, by Capt. Tuckey, in his voyage, 

 not far from the African coast, near Prince's Island, having settled 

 on the yards of the ship in the dusk of the evening; and though the 

 circumstance frequently occurred, only the above two specimens were 

 taken. They were observed generally in pairs, and flying close to 

 the water, with the neck stretched out, and the tail spread. 



