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PELECANINtE. 
the ’wing‘d the anterior margin to beyond the carpal joint, the outer 
edge of the scapulars, the primary coverts, secondary coverts, and 
outer secondary quills, excepting the tip of both, deep black ; quills 
also black, of a less deep tint ; hind part of back tinged with grey ; 
rump and tail^eathers dusky grey ; sides of body and rump white, 
finely undulated with blackish-grey. F emale much smaller, similarly 
crested ; all the lower parts white, excepting a belt across the lower 
fore part of the neck, and a narrow portion of the sides, which are 
pale grey; a patch of brownish-black on the lore and beneath the eye ; 
upper part of head and half of hind neck light reddish-brown ; the 
rest of hind neck and all the upper parts bluish-grey, darker behind, 
and in the middle of the back approaching to black ; tail dusky gre}" ; 
wings, bill, and feet as in the male. 
Male^ 172, 27. Female, I 62 , 25. 
Exceedingly rare in America, one specimen only having been pro- 
cured at New Orleans. 
Smew or White Nun, Mergus Albellus, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 126. 
Mergus Albellus, Bonap. Syn. p. 398. 
Smew or White Nun, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 467. 
Smew or Wliite Nun, Mergus Albellus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 350. 
FAMILY XLI. PELECANIN^. PELECANS. 
BiU longer than the head, rather slender, straight, upper 
mandible with the ridge separated from the side by a groove, 
and terminated by a narrow, generally decurved, pointed 
unguis ; lower mandible with the crura elastic and exten- 
sile, the angle very long and narrow. Nostrils basal, late- 
ral, linear, small, or obsolete. Space around and before the 
eye generally bare, as is a portion of the gular sac. Head 
generally of moderate size, but various ; neck long ; body 
elongated, rather slender. Feet short and stout; tibia bare 
at its lower part ; tarsus short, very stout, compressed, scaly 
or scdtellate in front ; toes four, all connected by webs, and 
scutellate ; first small, fourth longest. Claws short, strong, 
curved, rather blunt, that of the third toe generally pecti- 
nate. Plumage soft, blended, on the back compact and im- 
bricated. Wings long ; tail of moderate length, narrow, 
rounded or tapering. Tongue extremely small, triangular, 
fleshy ; oesophagus excessively wide ; a gular sac, sometimes 
