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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



FAMILY 



PELECANID/E. 



Genus: PELECANUS. Linn. 

 PELECANUS : LINNAEUS, SVST. NAT., 1735. — SYST. XAT., I. p. 132, 1758. 



PELECANUS FUSCUS. (Linn.) 



Pelccanus fuscus. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 215 (1766). — Vieill., 

 Gal. Ois., t. 276. — Nutt, Man., II. p. 476 (1834). — Aud., 

 Bds. Am., VII. p. 32, pis. 423, 424 (1844). — Gosse, Bds. 

 Jam., p. 409 (1847).— Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VII. 

 p. 122 (1S59).— Lawr., in Baird's Bds. N. Am., p. S70 (1S5S). — 

 Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 196 (1S80). — Coues, Check List, 

 2d ed., No. 749 (18S2).— Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. Am. 

 W. Bds., II. p. 139 (18S4). 



Lcptopclicanus fuscus. Reich., Syst. A v., VII. (1852). 



Onocrotaltis fuscus. Bp., Consp., II. p. 163, 1854. 



Sp. Char., Male. — Sac, dark purple ; above, slate color, and 

 dark brown variegated ; neck of the adult, reddish brown ; head, 

 mostly white; bill, darker, marked with red; feet, purplish black; 

 iris, yellowish. 



Females generally have the neck yellowish white. 



Length 53; wing 18; tail 7.40; tarsus 2.50; bill 10. 



The present species is common to some portions of the coast. 

 Several were seen near Port au Prince in February. We also saw 

 it near St. Mark. 



