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THE BROWN" PELICAN. 
hexagonal scales, of which the anterior are much larger ; toes in the same 
plane, all connected by reticulated webs, the first shortest, the third and 
fourth nearly equal, reticulate at the base, scutellate along the rest of the 
upper surface, claws short, strong, curved, rather acute, that of hind toe 
with a sharp pectinate inner edge. 
Feathers of the head and neck exceedingly Small and slender, of the fore 
part of the head stiff, hair-like and glossy; of the upper middle part of the 
neck behind a little larger and soft, forming a slight longitudinal crest ; of 
the sides and hind part of the neck soft and downy. The feathers of the 
upper parts in general are remarkably small, narrow, tapering to a point; of 
the lower part of the neck stiff and pointed, of the breast and sides some- 
what larger than those above, and softer. Wings long, rounded ; primaries 
much curved, with strong square shafts ; the second longest, the third very 
little shorter, the first a little longer than the fifth, secondaries very nume- 
rous, rather small, rounded, the inner longer and more tapering. Tail 
short, slightly rounded, of twenty-two feathers. 
Bill greyish-wliite, tinged with brown, and marked with irregular spots 
of pale carmine ; upper mandible dusky towards the end, lower blackish 
from the middle to near the end. Bare space between the bill and the eye 
deep blue ; eyelids pink ; iris white. Feet black. The gular pouch is 
greenish-black, the ridges of its wrinkles lighter. The hair-like feathers on 
the fore part of the head light yellow, the rest of the head white ; a stripe 
of the same margining the pouch to the middle of the neck, and extending 
a little beyond, a short space between these two lines anteriorly, and the 
whole of the posterior and lateral parts of the neck of a dark chestnut- 
brown, the small crest paler. The back and wings are dusky, each feather 
with the central part greyish-white ; the latter colour prevails on the 
scapulars and larger wing-coverts. Primaries and their coverts brownish- 
black, secondaries greyish-brown, their outer edges greyish-white ; tail 
Tight grey ; the shafts of the quills and tail-feathers are white in their basal 
half, black towards the end. The lower parts are brownish-grey ; the sides 
of the neck and body with narrow longitudinal white lines. On the fore 
neck, below the dark chestnut spot is a smaller pale yellow mark, behind 
which the feathers for a short space are blackish-brown. 
Length to end of tail 52 inches, to end of wings 52, to end of claws 53?; 
extent of wings 80; bill along the ridge 13^, along the edge of lower man- 
dible 14i ; depth of gular pouch 10, its extent along the neck 13 ; wing 
from flexure 24; tail 7; tarsus 2k; middle toe 3fi, its claw T \. Weight 6 
lbs. 4§ oz. 
The Female, which is considerably larger, resembles the male in colour, 
only that the neck is yellowish-white in its whole extent, without any 
