BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 56. Pelecanus. 77 



290. A. Crecca. Bill black : above and beneath the eyes 

 a white line : breast with roundish black spots: wing- 

 spot green. 



Teal. Walcot t. 76. Hayes t. 29. Albin i. t. 100. 



2. Bill and legs grey : over the eyes a white line : wing-fpot 

 variously coloured : belly with black fpots. 

 Anas Circia. Linn.fyfl. Albin. ii. t. 103. 104. 



Length 15 inches : extent 23 : weight 12 ounces. 



Iris hazel : head and neck reddish-bay : behind the eyes a broad 

 green patch : body above with black and white undulate lines : belly 

 white : vent black : wing-spot obliquely edged above with black, 

 beneath with white: quills dusky, fecondaries black : tail brown : 

 legs dusky. Female, variegated whitish and brown, vent white, 

 wing-fpot green. 



56. PELECANUS. Pelecan. 

 991. » P. Carbo. Bill toothless, black : head slightly crest- 

 ed : chin dirty-white : body black : tail rounded, of 

 14 feathers. 



Corvorant. Walcot t. 92. Albin t. 81. Will. Angl. t. 63. 



Length 3 feet 4 : extent nearly 5 : weight near 8 pounds. 



Bill 5 inches long, hooked, bald and yellow round the bafe : iris 

 green: head and neck generally with white longitudinal lines: bach. 

 glossy greenish-black , the feathers with deeper margins : chin with 

 a patch of white : thighs with fometimes a white fpot : legs black. 



292. P. Graculus. BLU toothless, dusky : body glossy 

 greenish-black, black-brown beneath : tail rounded, 

 of 12 feathers. 



Shag. Walcot t. 93. Will. An%U t. 63. 



Length 29 inches : extent 3 feet 10 : weight about 4 pounds* 

 Bill near 4 inches long, bald and yellow with black fpecks on 

 the chin : body above black with a purple and green glofs, mar- 

 gined with deep black : legs dusky ; meddle-claw ferrate. 



293. P. cristatus. Bill toothless, blackish : head crested: 

 body dark glossy-green with purplish-black edges, 

 beneath dusky. 



Crested Shag. Brit. Zool. 1. 102. 



Much refembles the last, except in having the feathers at the sides 

 of the head elongated into a crest, of which it may be only the full 

 grown bird or other fex : tail pf 12 feathers : legs dusky. 



294. P. Bassanus, Bill serrate, yellowish- white : face 

 bald, blue : body diry-white : primary quills black. 



Gannet, Soland Goofe. Br. Zool. t. 103. Walcot t. 94. 



Length 3 feet : extent 6 feet : weight about 7 pounds. 



Bill 6 inches long, nearly straight : iris pale yellow : round thfe 

 eyes a naked blue patch: chin bald, dusky: crown pale buff : lesser 

 zuing-covertf black : tail of 12 feathers : legs black, greenish before, 

 the middle-daw fen ate* The young birds are dusky mixed with 

 white. 



