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Show 266 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE PELICANS [May 14, Indian Crestless Pelican (the true P.javanicus of Horsfield), which never has a pendent crest or a tumid forehead, has narrow black margins to both the outer and inner webs of the wing-coverts and tertiaries, the bill livid blue and the throat-patch of a much deeper vellow than in P. onocrotalus." If Mr. Blyth's views are correct (which will be proved when the bird becomes fully adult), the range of the latter species will be extended to Syria, whence our specimen was received. The drawings now exhibited (figs. 1 and 2) give comparative views of the head of the adult Pelecanus onocrotalus and the Syrian bird, showing the flattened forehead and crestless nape ot the latter. 2. PELECANUS MITRATUS, Licht. Last summer (August 6th) we received from our excellent correspondent, the Babu Rajendra Mullick of Calcutta, two white Pelicans, which (such is the confusion among the Indian species of the group) I had at first some difficulty in determining. Upon referring, however, to Lichtenstein's valuable paper on the group (Abh. Akad. Berlin, 1838, p. 433), there can be no doubt that they Fig. 4. Pelecanus mitratus. Pelecanus rufescens. are referable lo his P. mitratus (I. c. p. 436), which is also admitted by Jerdon into the category of Indian birds, although stated to be rare in India. I have also little doubt that this species is the |