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and by Onocrotalus WAGLSR, 183?, (type 0. hernandegii = Ire^topelicanu 
mo lin - a e). 
MEOPELECANUS, new genus 
Type.— Meopelecanus abbotti, new species. 
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Generic characters. — ytfe ad and margin of gular pouch white; body 
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plumage mostly white, withjneck, wings, scapulars, and tail mostly 
colored; occiput moderately\crested ; upper side of neck with a sjhort 
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mane on its upper half; feathering of forehead ending in a broad, con¬ 
cave line at base of maxilla; primaries considerably longer than sec¬ 
ondaries,mp>ill bread and smoothi sit, with a prominent maxillary mid¬ 
rib, and with mandible deep, stout,\and swollen at oase; tarsus much 
shorter than middle toe (without claw] 
Meopelecanus abbotti, new species 
Abbott's Pelican 
Pelecanu s rufescen s R IDOUAY , Proc. U.S. Mat. Hus., Vol. 
18, 1895, p. 516. 
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Tv :e - specimen. —- Adult female. Cat. iTo. 188818, U.S. Mat. Hus.; 
collected at lie St. Joseph, Amirantes group, southwest of .^Seychelles, 
Augu.st 89, 1892, by Dr. W.L. Abbott. (Mo original number.) 
Description of type (adult female).— Base of mandible unfeath¬ 
ered and relatively deeper and stouter than in other species; frontal 
feathering ending in a broad, concave line anteriorly, measuring 21 
millimeters in breadth; head white, with the white continued down¬ 
wards and forming a broad white band around the gular pouch and con¬ 
tinuing upon the upper neck; occiput with a short crest of narrow, 
straignt, chaetura drab feathers, each feather with a minute white 
