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JAVAN PELICAN, 



cylindrical, and not flat, though spreading out con- 

 siderably near the end : their plumage brown above j 

 head, neck, and under parts brownish-white : the 

 lower half of the back, in one specimen, striped black 

 end dusky-white ; the feathers narrow, and edged 

 with the last colour : in the other, the back of a plain 

 colour : the bags in both of an enormous size, taking 

 up the greate&t part of the neck before : at the hind 

 part of it, the whole length, the feathers much larger 

 than the rest : though the nape of the neck, or back 

 part of the head, were not at all crested. These 

 two were brought from Cayenne." It also inhabits, 

 Georgia, in North America. 



JAVAN PELICAN. 



(Pelecanus Jaranicus.) 



Pe. albus, crista ohsoletd, remigibus primoribus nigris, secundariis 



et plumis dorsalibus nigro marginatis, rachidibus pennarum 



albis, rostro latiore. 

 White Pelican with an obsolete crest, the prfmary quills black, 



the secondaries and dorsal feathers margined with black, the 



shafts white, the beak broad. 

 Pelecanus Javanicus. Horsjield, Linn. Trans, xiii. 197. 

 Javan Pelican. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 403. 



Four feet in length : plumage white, with an ob- 

 solete crest ; and a broad beak : the prime quills 

 black, the secondaries and feathers of the back mar- 

 gined with black, with the shafts white. Inhabits 

 Java : called Bakklu. 



