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of the United States . 
Young whitish-gray ; back and wings dark cinereous. 
The Pelican , Edw. Glean, jpl. 92 . adult. Le Pelican , 
Buff. pi. enl . 87. adult. Le Pelican des Philippines, Bvff.pl . 
ew/. 965. young. P. onocrotalus, roseus, manillen sis, philipp en- 
sis, auct. 
Inhabits throughout the world : rare and accidental on the 
coasts of the middle states. 
352. Pelecanus fuscus, L. Middle nail serrated internally : 
primaries black, shafts white; first equal to the fifth. 
Adult blackish-ash, back and wings hoary; crown yel- 
lowish ; neck deep chesnut, margined each side with white. 
Young wholly brownish. 
Brown Pelican, Pelecanus fuscus , JYob. Am. Orn. v. pi. 
P. fuscus, Vieill. Gal. des Oiseaux pi. 276* Pelican brun 
d'Amerique, Buff. pi. enl. 957. P. fuscus, carolinensis, tra - 
chyrhyncos or erythrorhyncos, auct. 
Inhabits the southern states, the West Indies, Mexico, and 
South America : common in the southern states, where it 
breeds. 
77. PHALACROCORAX. 
Pelecanus, L. Gm. Lath. Phalacrocorax, Briss. Cuv. Du- 
meril. Dumont. Banz. Halieus, 111. Olcen. Carbo, Lacep. 
Meyer. Temm . Brehm. Hydrocorax, Vieill. 
Bill moderate, robust, thick, straight, compressed ; upper 
mandible seamed and rounded above, with the ridge distinct, 
unguiculated and hooked at the point, rather obtuse ; lower 
somewhat shorter, truncated at tip, osseous throughout, fur- 
nished at base with a small naked coriaceous membrane pro- 
duced on the throat : nostrils in the furrows, basal, lateral, 
linear, hardly visible: tongue cartilaginous, very short, carina- 
ted above, papillous beneath, obtuse. Hind head very protu- 
berant ; face and small pouch naked ; neck rather short, of 
moderate strength : body compressed. Feet short, robust, 
