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examination of specimens from Sind and Pao, at the j.ead ol the Persian 
Gulf, shows that some specimens possess 22 tail-feathers, while others 
have 24, and that in other respects most of the birds from these count¬ 
ries are intermediate forms [.between Pelecanus onocrotalns and P. i o_ - 
sens 1 . The two species evidently intergrade, and no doubt inter¬ 
breed." Tabulated measurements, presented on page 465, bear out the 
intermediate size of examples from Eastern : arra, and ~ao, Pei sian 
Gulf. 
A breeding male from Lake Naivasha, British East Africa, shows 
some approach to Pelec anus sharpe i in the brownish chestnut color of 
the or east-patch. 
PSE1TD0PELECAOTJS, new genus 
Type.— Pelec anus phi lijipensi s Q MKhlB = Pseudopelecan^s phi 1 - 
ippensis (Gmelin). 
Generic chara cters . — pplumage mostly whiter-frontal feathering ) 
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ending in a broad, concave line at the base of tli'Anaxilla, ^ arsu 
much shorter than middle toe (without claw) m£^Bral<| with upper side of 
head and upoer neck clothed with long, soft!, Recurved or curly feath- 
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er s^ ^rimaries shorter than secondaries, s f\ 
-_ Species.— Pseudopelec ann s phi lip pen si s ( G melin ), Pseudo, elecanns 
ru.fescens (G melin ), and Psendopelecanns crispus (Bruch)^. 
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Pelec anus c r i spu s B RUCH /as made the type of a genus Oncer o c alu s b, 
Reichenbach in 1853; but the genus Onocrotalus R EICHEKBACH , 185 3, was 
preoccupied by Onocrot alus H R IS SON . 1760 (type _0 . oncer o t alus ( 7 ^J} nivi — 
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