3+^ ' . BIRDS. ANSERES. 27* Pciecanus, 
Fulipnoja. Brown ; head, bill, tail, quill-feathers- and claws fooO' j 
brown ; area of the eyes white. SootJ 
' Inhabits feas within the Antardic circle ; ,3 feet long. , -(c 
iTids yellowifii ; JcuthcTS of the wings and tail With a 
lhaft, the latter pointed ; kgs lead-fcclOur. 
37. PELECANtJS. Bzl/ flraight, hook^^ 
at the point and furnilhed with ^ 
nail : nojlrils an obliterated flit : 
nakedilh : legs equally ballancing 
body, all the 4 toes palmate. 
Thefa are extremely expert at catching fifh with tlieb 
bills, and are often tamed for that purpofe ; are very 
cious and gregarious ; the claw of the middle-toe is freq'“^‘’ 
ferrate. 
Onocrota- 
lus. 
A. Bill ivithout teeth, 
■ I 
White ; gullet pouched^ 
Inhabits Africa and South America; 5 feet long > jji'i 
on fi£b, which it catches by dipping its bill in the v-'* (i 
and devours them on a neighbouring rock ; makes its 
the banks of rivers, and lays 2 white eggs, fonictimes b’ 
delerts, when it cames water in its pouch to the yoofo'ntt 
Bill 15 — 16 inches long, red, when young yellow, 
mandible deprefled, broad, the lower forked; gnhr 
flaccid, membranaceous, capable of great diftention'- 
hazel ; gape of the mouth large; head naked at the 
vered witli a flefh-colour fkih ; hind-head fuberefted i 
with a tinge of pale fleili-colour ; fpurious zeings 
quill-feathers black ; legs lead-colour. 
Rofeus. 
Rofy ; gullet pouched, Rofe-coJoUf^^ 
Inhabits Manilla ; uze of a goolc, . 
Bill 4 nd kgs black ; area of tlie eyes naked, and pouch yf'“^ 
f. 
Cinereous-brown ; gullet pouched, BfCitf'’ 
Inhabits America ; 4 feet long. mC 
blueifh-red, tipt with black ; ir ids sfhy ; pouch 
with red lines ; hind-head fubcrefled, and with the neck 
pmnary quill feathers black ; tail feathers 18 ; legs 
