TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS 
126. Brown Pelican. Pelecanus Occident alls. 
Range. — Found on tlie South Atlantic and Gulf 
coasts of the United States. 
Brown Pelicans are about 50 inches in length; 
they have a blackish and grayish body and a 
white head and neck with a brown stripe down 
the back of the latter. The pouch is a dark green- 
ish brown. This species is maritime and is not 
found inland. They breed in large colonies on 
many of the islands in the Gulf of Mexico and on 
Chalky white 
Pelican Island on the east coast of Florida, in 
which latter place they are now protected from 
further depredations at the hand of eggers and 
gunners. Their Ashing tactics differ from those Brown Pelican 
of the White Pelican. They dive down upon the White Pelican 
school of Ash from the air and rarely miss mak- 
ing a good catch. Their nests are quite bulky structures made of sticks and 
weeds and grasses. These are generally located on the ground but occasionally 
in low mangroves, these latter nests being more bulky than the ground ones. 
They lay from two to Ave chalky white eggs during May and June. Size 3. x 
1.90. Data. — Tampa Bay, Fla., May 29, 1894. Three eggs. Nest in the top of 
a stout mangrove; made of sticks, branches and leaves. Collector, Geo. Graham. 
127. California Brown Pelican. Pelecanus calif ornicus. 
Range.— PaciAc coast from British Columbia south to the Galapagos Islands. 
This bird is similar to the preceding, but larger and the pouch is reddish. 
They breed abundantly on the Coronado Islands and southward. Their habits, 
nesting habits and eggs are the same as those of the Brown Pelican. Size of 
the three or four chalky white eggs is 3.10 x 1.95. Data. — Coronado Islands, 
Calif., March 28, 1897. Three eggs. Nest of sticks, lined with green leaves, 
located on the ground. Collector, H. McConville. 
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