ALOADjB. PELICANIDJE. 
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the tip hooked, and the gonys ascending. Wings 
and tail very short ; the former capable of flight. 
M. A lie. PI. Enl. 917. glacialis. Gen. Zool. xiii. 40. 
arcticii. Selby, pi. 83*. cinhata. PI. Enl. 761. 
Torda. Ib. pi. 83. 
CiiiMEniNA, Escholtz. Bill 
compressed, smooth ; base 
naked ; the tips notched. 
Upper mandible with an 
elevated, compressed, horn- 
like protuberance above the 
nostrils. (^Esch.) 
C. eornuta. Eseh. Zool. Atlas, pi. 12. (Jig. 3,37.) 
Phalebis, Temminck. Bill short; the base depressed; 
the sides nearly quadrangular. The tip notched. 
Feet short, three-toed. Claws much curved. VVTugs 
with the first quill longest. Rasorial. 
P. cristatella. PI. Col. 200. 
ApTENonviEs, Forster. Penguin, Bill long, slender ; the 
base of the under mandible considerably thickened. 
Plumage scale-like. Wings resembling fins. FLs- 
sirostral. 
A. Patagouica. PI. Enl. 759. 
SoHFAM. PELICANIDAl. Pelicans. 
Bill long ; the base wide ; the tip of the upper mandible 
suddenly and considerably hooked. Face more or less 
naked. Wings very long. Feet exceedingly short. All 
the four toes united. Fissirostral. 
Plotub, Linn. Darter. Neck excessively long. Bill 
perfectly strait, and acutely pointed ; the margins finely 
dentated. Fissirostral. 
P. Americanus. Wilson, 74. f. 1,2. Africanus. PI. Enl. 107. 
Tachyi'etes, Vieil. Frigate-bird. BiU with the tips 
of both mandibles curved. Wings excessively long. 
The tail eleeply forked. 
T. aquilns. PI. Enl. 961. 
Carbo, Meyer. Cormorant. Bill resembling Tacky 
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