. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. â â ^. ââ â -., ,-ii.*-i:y;«i»"».. 82 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. inland body of water. Eggs 1-3 or 4, X JTab. Whole of tem- perate North America, north in the interior to about Gl°, south, in winter, as far as Guatemala; rai-e along Atlantic coast of the United States 125. P. erythrorhynchos Gmel. American Wiiite Pelican. a\ Tail-feathers 22; lower jaw entirely naked; color chiefly grayish mixed with dusky. (Subgenus Leptopelicanvs Reich.) Nuptial plumage: Head, and feathers bordering
. A manual of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. â â ^. ââ â -., ,-ii.*-i:y;«i»"».. 82 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. inland body of water. Eggs 1-3 or 4, X JTab. Whole of tem- perate North America, north in the interior to about Gl°, south, in winter, as far as Guatemala; rai-e along Atlantic coast of the United States 125. P. erythrorhynchos Gmel. American Wiiite Pelican. a\ Tail-feathers 22; lower jaw entirely naked; color chiefly grayish mixed with dusky. (Subgenus Leptopelicanvs Reich.) Nuptial plumage: Head, and feathers bordering base of gular pouch, all round, white, the top of the former sometimes straw-yellowish; rest of neck rich velvety reddish brown, varying from light reddish chestnut to seal-skin brown, or nearly black; upper part of hind-neck with a more or less distinct crest of chestnut; upper pai'ts silvery gray, the feathers of back, rump, lesser wing-coverts, etc., edged with dark brown, producing a striped or streaked appearance; lower parts dark brownish gray, the sides, etc., streaked with silvery white. Winter adult: Similar, but whole head and neck white, except for a straw-yellow tinge on the former and on the lower part of the fore-neck. Young : Head and neck light brownish gray, somewhat mottled with paler tips to the feathers; back, wing-coverts, etc., dull brown, the feathers tipped with pale ful- vous ; lower parts white, tinged with brownish gray laterally and pos- teriorly. 6'. Smaller, with pouch always dull greenish dusky or olive-dusky; length about 4-4} feet, wing , culmen Nest a slight heap or mound of gravel, etc., on or near sea-beach. Eggs X 1-95. Hab. Coasts and islands of Gulf of Mexico and Carib- bean Sea, including West Indies; north, regularly, to North Caro- lina, accidentally (blown by storm?) to Illinois. 126. P. fuscus Linn. Brown Pelican. Â¥. Larger, with pouch red during pairing season; length 4} feet, or more, wing
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