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Show 584 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PELECANUS. [Nov. 25, Reich. Syst. Av. vol. i. pl. 36. fig. 877 (juv.); Donnd. Ornith. Beitr. vol. ii. pt. 1, p. 849. sp. 12 ; Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1868) p. 268. Pelican des Philippines, Buff. Pl. Enl. 965; Bonnat. Ency. Alethod. Ornith. (1790) p. 43. Rose-coloured Pelican, Lath. Gen. Syn. vol. iii. p. 579 (1785). Pelecanus javanicus, Jerd. B. of Ind. vol. iii. p. 857. Le Pelican rose de Vile de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. p. 91, pl. 54, vol. iii. (1776). Le Pelican brun de Vile de Lucon, Sonn. Voy. p. 91, pl. 53, vol. iii. Pelecanus manillensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. p. 571. sp. 11 ; Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 883. sp. 4 ; Donnd. Ornith. Beitr. vol. ii. pt. 1, p. 849. sp. 11. Onocrotalus philippensis, Briss. torn. vi. p. 527. sp. 3, t. 46; Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 162 ; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, 4 m e livr. p. 33. Pelecanus calorhynchus, Hodgs. ; Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 86. P. gangeticus, Hodgs. ; Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 86. P. philiqtpensis, J. E. Gray, Cat. M a m m . and Birds in Brit. Mus. presented by B. H. Hodgson. Adult.-Head with a long, full, pendent crest, some of the feathers 5 inches in length. Feathers of the neck and head short, soft, rather furry to the touch; those of the body and wing-coverts long, and narrow lanceolate in form. Feathers of the forehead coming down to the bill, forming a concave line upon the culmen. Gular sac, starting from the base of the lower mandible, descending in a gently curved line for about 6 inches upon the neck. Bare skin around the eye contracted, of small dimensions, extending no distance behind the eye, reaching to base of upper mandible in front. Head and neck soiled white ; crest dark grey, tinged with rose, each feather tipped with white. Back and upper tail-coverts deep rich rose-colour. Feathers on the crop long, stiffened, yellowish. Wings yellowish white, secondaries silver-grey ; primaries black, with black shafts, white at base, with white shafts, brownish at their tips. Tail silver-grey ; shafts of greater and lesser coverts, secondaries, and tail-feathers black. Bill yellowish, without any spots upon the upper mandible. Bare ocular space flesh-colour, with a black conspicuous spot near the upper mandible; gular pouch yellowish, streaked with reddish lines. Tarsi flesh-colour. Length about 60 inches; wings, from carpal joint to end of primaries, 20-24 inches; tail 8 inches ; bill, along culmen, 15 inches; tarsus 3| inches; middle toe 41 inches. A second specimen is somewhat younger, probably assuming for the first time the adult livery, and not in as perfect plumage as the first. It is devoid of crest; the feathers of the head and neck are short, brown tipped with white, giving to this part a mottled appearance. The remainder of the plumage is dark grey, centre of the feathers brown, secondaries tipped with light brown ; there is more of the rose-colour, however, present, this hue extending somewhat |