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ALCAD A. — PELICANIDZ. 371 
the tip hooked, and the gonys ascending. Wings 
and tail very short ; the former capable of flight. 
M. Alle. Pl. Enl. 917. glacialis. Gen. Zool. xii. 40. 
arctica. Selby, pl. 83*. cirrhata. Pl. Enl. 761. - 
Torda. Ib. pl. 83. 
Caimerina, Escholtz. Bill 
compressed, smooth ; base 
naked; the tips notched. 
Upper mandible with an 
elevated, compressed, horn- 
like protuberance above the 
nostrils. (Esch.) 
C. cornuta. Esch. Zool. Atlas. pl. 12. (fig. 337.) 
Puaeris, Temminck. Bill short; the base depressed ; 
the sides nearly quadrangular. The tip notched. 
Feet short, three-toed. Claws much curved. wane 
with the first quill longest. Rasorial. 
P. cristatella. Pl. Col. 200. 
AprenopyTss, Forster. Penguin. Bill long, slender; the 
base of the under mandible considerably thickened. 
Plumage scale-like. Wings resembling fins. Fis- 
sirostral. : 
A. Patagonica. Pl. Enl. 759. 
Supram. PELICANIDA. Pelicans. 
Bill long ; the base wide ; the tip of the upper mandible 
suddenly and considerably hooked. Face more or less” 
naked. Wings very long. Feet exceedingly short. All 
the four toes united. Fissirostral. | 
Puotus, Linn. Darter. Neck excessively long. Bill 
perfectly strait, and acutely pointed ; the margins finely 
dentated. Fissirostral. 
P. Americanus. Wilson, 74. f.1, 2. Africanus. Pl. Enl.107. 
Tacuyretes, Vieil. Frigate-bird. Bill with the tips 
of both mandibles curved. Wings excessively long. 
_ The tail deeply forked. 
T. aquilus. Pl. Enl. 961. | 
Carpo, Meyer. Cormorant. Bill resembling Tachy- 
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