Abbott ); wing, 500; tail, 173; culmen (chord), 298; greatest width of 
maxilla, 40; least width of maxilla, 26; greatest depth of mandible, 
23; tarsus, 88; middle toe with claw, 115; middle claw, 14.5. 
Remarks .— In this species the pattern of coloration of the 
head and neck resembles that of the American brown sea pelicans of the 
Lentopelicanus occidentalis group, having a white head, a white border 
to the gular pouch, and a dark posterior to the neck. It may also be 
a salt-water feeder. 
"A si.aall colony—perhaps one hundred individuals"— said by Dr. 
Abbott to inhabit lie St. Joseph, and noteworthy "as being the only 
colony of pelicans in these seas." 
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