AUSTRALIAN PELICAN. 
Catoftropelicanus perspicillatus Reichenbaoh, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. vii., 1852. 
Catoptropelicanus conspicillatus Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 351, 1890 ; “ Rchb.” 
Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXVI., p. 483, 1898 (in synonymy). 
Pelecanus conspicillatus conspicillatus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 244, 1912, 
Catoptropelicanus conspicillatus conspicillatus Mathews, list Birds Austr., p. 101, 1913. 
The following synonyms refer to the Western Bird : 
Pelecanus conspicillatus Elsey, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1857, p. 28 ; Walker, Ibis 1892, 
p. 257 ; Carter, Emu, Vol. III., p. 210, 1904 ; Kilgour, Emu, Vol. IV., p. 38, 1904 ; 
Nicholls, Emu, Vol. V., p. 82, 1905 ; Gibson, Emu, Vol. VIII., p. 64, 1908 ; 
Whitlock, ih., p. 194, 1909 ; Crossman, %b., Vol. IX., p. 149, 1910 ; Mathews, ih., 
, p. 239, 1910; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis 1910, p. 171 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. X., p. 265, 1911 ; 
Barnard, ih., Vol. XI., p. 20, 1911 ; Hill, ih., Vol. XII., p. 254, 1913 ; Barnard, 
ih., Vol. XIV., p. 41, 1914. 
Pelecanus conspicillatus westralis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 244, 1912 (Perth, 
West Australia). 
Catoptropelicanus conspicillatus westralis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 101, 1913. 
Distribution. Australia ; Tasmania. 
Adult male {in breeding plumage). Head and neck all round, entire under-surface, middle 
of back, upper and under wing-coverts white ; the small coverts along the inner 
margin of the wing black, median and greater upper wing-coverts also black with 
white on the outer webs of the greater series ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts 
and quills black, some of the secondaries white at the base ; scapulars black, extreme 
basal portion white ; sides of the rump and some of the upper tail-coverts black ; 
tail-feathers black, white only at the extreme base ; nuchal crest more or less 
greyish-brown ; a few of the under wing-coverts black, others partially black and 
white ; ornamental feathers on the fore-neck well developed. Bill, culmen flesh- 
colour, grooves and tip and sides of upper and lower mandible slate-blue, nail 
of upper mandible greenish horn-colour, pouch pale flesh-colour ; eyes dark brown, 
eyelids deep indigo blue ; feet light slate-colour. Total length 1,620 mm. ; culmen 
464, wing 653, tail 180, tarsus 126. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Immature. Differs from the adult in having the dark portions of the upper-surface brown 
instead of black. '^\ 
Nestling. Naked, skin fleshy-pink. 
Nest. A slight depression in the ground ; placed in colonies. 
Eggs. Clutch two, white and chalky, surface uneven and glossless. Axis 87-94 mm. ; 
diameter 56-58. 
Breeding-season. — July to November. 
Though Pelicans are sometimes noted by the early voyageurs, none seem to 
have been brought back to England, and apparently the first observation 
was made upon the figure provided by Watling. \'\^en Latham examined 
the Watling Drawings he simply referred “Drawing No. 292,” which 
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