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ORDER ANSERES. 
GENUS XXXVII. 
PELBCANUS PELICAN 
This genus includes the Pelicans, Cor- 
vorants, Shags, Gannets, and Boobies. 
The distinguishing characters are 
Beak, straight, hooked at the point and 
furnished with a nail. 
Nostrils, an obliterated slit. 
Face, nakedish. 
Legs, equally balancing the body, all 
the four toes palmate. 
Linmeus divides this genus into two 
parts, those with Beaks without teeth, and 
those whose Beaks are serrated. Tern- 
minck makes a distinct genus of the Cor- 
vorants and Shags. Speaking of them, he 
says that the Corvorants are easily distin- 
guished from the Pelicans and Boobies 
with which they have always been 
confounded. 
These birds are excellent divers, and 
