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PALMIPEDES. 



Fainily PELEGANIB^. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Pelecanus. (Linnceus.) 



WHITE PELICAN. 



Pelecaniis onocratulus. 



Pelecanus onocratulus, LijstjJjEUS. 



" roseus, Eveesman. 



"■■ minor, Euppell. 



FeUcan hlanc. Of the FitENCH. 



Qemeiner pelikan. Of the Gteemans. 



Pellicano, Sayi. 



Specific Characters. — The eye is placed in a large naked patcli, 

 wkich is broad at tke base of tbe beak, -wbere the feathers of 

 the forehead form one point; tarsi long; legs vivid. Plumage 

 rose colour. Length from five to sis feet, and sometimes longer. 



The WKite or Common Pelican, or The Pelican of 

 authors, inhabits in Europe the same localities as those 

 mentioned for the Dalmatian Pelican. It has occurred 

 also, but accidentally, in France, Italy, and Sicily. A 

 young subject was shot by M. Hollandre on the 4th. 

 of October, 1838, in the pond of Fourligny, in the 

 Department of Moselle, and is recorded in his "Faune 

 de la Moselle," p. 191. Degland records the capture 



