l ^/' Pelecanus ( fuscus? ) californicus Ridgway, Water Birds of North Amer- 
ica, Vol. II, 1884, p. 143 (LaPaz, Lower California). 
; 
Leptopelicanus molinae ( Gr ay) ^ . 
VV« ^ ' A * * * * '- 
' Pe lie anus Molinae Gray, List of Birds, pt. Ill, 1844, p. 189, nonen 
nudum (Chili); P[ elecanus ] Molinae Gray, Genera of Birds, Vol. Ill, 
1845, p. 668 (Chili). 
Genus Cat optropelicanus Reichenbach 
^^Genus C at opt r c p e1ic anu s Reichenbach, Syst. Avium, 1853, p. vii. Type 
by original designation and monotypy, Catoptropelicanns perspicill - 
atus Reichenbach ( =Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck). 
Species : 
C at opt r op e 1 i c anu s c on s p i c i 11 at u s (T ernmi nek • / j 2.^ 
riT; ' 
^jh'Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, PI. Col. d'Ois., Vol. 5, J .p 1. 
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(Australia). 
KEY TO THE GENERA OP RECENT PELICANS 
a, Lores feathered (naked space around eye entirely surrounded by 
feathers); tarsus as long as middle toe with its claw. ^ 
C ato ptro p e li c anu s R EICHENBACH . 
aa . Lores/fTaked — edge of- - tr »-£l; tarsus shorter than middle toe with 
its claw. 
b. Lower jaw densely feathered at base; with a maxillary ere st . ^ 
("Cyrt ope lie anus REICilENBACH. 
bb. Lower jaw wholly naked of feathers; without a maxillary 
crest. 
c. 
Gular pouch smaller, extending less than halfway down 
