G e n u s XCIV. P E L I C A N .
N ' i. White Pelican.
V ar. A. Saw-billed P.
2. Rofe-coloured P.
3. Brown P.
4. Manilla P,
5. Philippine P.
6. Red-backed P.
7. Charles,Town P.
8. Rough-billed P.
9. Frigate P.
10. Lefler Fr. P.
11. White-headed Fr, P.
12. Palmerfton Fr. P.
13. Corvorant.
14. Common Shag.
15. Crefted Sh.
N* 16. Violet Sh.
17. Red-faced Sh.
18. Spotted Sh.
19. Carunculated Sh.
20. Magellanic Sh.
a i. Pied Sh.
22. Tufted Sh.
23. African Sh.
24. Dwarf Sh.
25. Gannet.
Y a r . A-
26. Lefler G-
27. Common Booby-
28. Brown B.
29. Lefler B.
30. Spotted B.
TH E bill in this genus is long and ftrait; the end either
hooked or Doping; the noftrils placed in the furrow that
runs along the fides of the bill, and in moil of the fpecies not
diftinguiihable.
The face for the molt part deftitute of feathers, being covered
only with a bare fkin *.
Oar eleventh and twelfth fpecies excepted, in which thofe parts are covered.
Gullet
Gullet naked, and capable of great diftenfion.
Toes four in number, and all webbed together.
In the genus Pelican are included all birds known hitherto by
the diftin&ive names of Pelican, Man of JVar Bird, Corvorant,
Shag, Gannet, and Booby* ; but as the whole of them have fome
fimilar chara&ers, which are marked fo ftrongly as not to be fepa-
rated, we have thought right to follow the example of Linneeus,
by uniting them ; the propriety of which will be feen by attending
to the fpecific defcriptions.
Pelecanus onocrotalus (Orientalis) Lin. Syjl. i. p. 215. 1. a.—Hajfelq. Voy. x
p. 288.—Nov. Com, Petr, xv. p. 471. N° 16.— Scop, Ann. i. N° 97. GREAT^
— Georgs Reife, p. 169.— Kram. El. p. 345.
Le Pelican, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 519. 1 .— Buf. Oif. viii. p. 282. pi. 25.— PI.
Enl. 87.
Baba, Bell. Trav. p. 4*•
Pelecane, Rail Syn. p. 121. i.—Will. Orn. p. 327. pi. 63»
Tubano, Wheeler's Travels, p.304. pi. in ditto.
The Pelican, Edvu. pi. 92.
Great Pelecan, Aril. Zool. N° 505 .— Gen. of Birds, p. 67. pi. 15.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
fT , HIS bird, when of full age, is greatly fuperior in fize to a Discr
Swan; it fometimes extends, from the tip of one wing to
that of the other, as far as fifteen feet, and will weigh twenty-five
pounds. The bill is fifteen or fixteen inches long; the upper
mandible flat and broad, furnilhed with a hook at the end; the
fkin between the fides of the upper mandible very flaccid and di-
# See Brijfon Orn, Vol. VI. Genera CX. CXI. CX[I.
I latable,