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Show 582 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PELECANUS. [Nov. 25, I have never seen a specimen of this bird ; and the type, which is now in the collection of the East-India Company, is not at present visible, on account of the birds being packed preparatory to their removal to another location ; consequently I am not able to give an opinion upon its specific value. It is distinguished from P. onocrotalus, according to its describer, by having the margins of the tertiaries black, and by never having any pendent occipital feathers; instead it has a few recurved feathers upon the nape. According to Blyth, as quoted from ' The Ibis,' the forehead is never tumid, the bare skin of the cheeks is deep purplish or livid carneous, and the pouch intense bright yellow. Length, as given by Blyth, 5 feet 6 in.; alar extent 8 feet 10 in.; wing, from carpal joint, 26 in. ; tail 8 in. ; bill, along culmen, 14*5 ; tarsus 5*5 in. Another had the bill 15*5 in., wing 27 in.; in a third the bill was 16 inches in length. PELECANUS CRISPUS. Pelecanus crispus, Bruch, Isis (1832), p. 1109 ; Licht. Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Berl. (1838) t. 3. fig. 4, p. 437; Gould's B. of Eur. pl. 406, vol. v.; Bree, B. of Eur. vol. iv. p. 167; Naum. Vog. Deutsch. vol. ii. p. 180, pl. 283 ; Reicheii. Syst. Av. vol. i. pl. 36. figs. 378, 379 ; Feldegg? ; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, 4mc livr. p. 32 ; Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 162. sp. 2; Brandt, Icon. Animal. Rossic. Nov. (1836) p. 59 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. (1868) p. 267. P. onocrotalus, Pall. Ross.-Asiat. vol. ii. p. 292; Eversm. in Script. Literar. a Caesarea Universit. Casanien. editis (1835), fascic. ii. p. 370. P. patagiatus, Brehm, Isis (1832), p. 1109. Head crested ; feathers of the forehead advancing on each side towards the nostrils, forming a concave line upon the culmen. Gular pouch extending for about 4 inches upon the throat, in a gently curved line from the base of the lower mandible. The feathers of the head and neck are long, narrow, and filamentous. The body-feathers terminate in long points, those of the under surface being very narrow. The entire plumage, save the primaries, is silvery white; a yellow tinge upon the long feathers of the breast; those of the back wings and tail have black shafts. Primaries black, greyish at their bases and inclined to grey at their tips. The upper mandible is grey, marked with blue and red; and on each side, at the base of the under mandible, a spot of yellowish grey. Gular pouch deep orange, intermingled with bluish. Naked skin round the eye reddish, with a blue shade near the bill. Tarsi and feet light flesh-colour. Iris yellow. Wing 26 in.; tail (twenty-two feathers) 6| in.; bill, along culmen, 16 in.; tarsus 4\ in. ; middle toe 4\ in. The young are devoid of crest, have a greyish pouch, and the entire plumage brownish grey. Hab. Dalmatia, Greece, Russia, Asia, and northern parts of Africa, China. This splendid bird, the largest of the genus, may stand as the |
