. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 84 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS 126. Brown w. Pelecanus occidentalis. Range.—Found on the South Atlantic and Gulfcoasts of the United States. Brown Pelicans are about 50 inches in length;they have a blackish and grayish body and awhite head and neck with a brown stripe downthe back of the latter. The pouch is a dark green-ish brown. This species is maritime and is notfound inland. They breed in large colonies onmany of th
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 84 TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS 126. Brown w. Pelecanus occidentalis. Range.—Found on the South Atlantic and Gulfcoasts of the United States. Brown Pelicans are about 50 inches in length;they have a blackish and grayish body and awhite head and neck with a brown stripe downthe back of the latter. The pouch is a dark green-ish brown. This species is maritime and is notfound inland. They breed in large colonies onmany of the islands in the Gulf of Mexico and on. rp* i\\ ii Pelicanwiiii. Pelici Cha Iky w Pelican Island on the east coast of Florida, inwhich latter place they are now protected fromfurther depredations at the hand of eggers andgunners. Their fishing tactics differ from thosiof the White Pelican. They dive down upon theschool of fish from the air and rarely miss mak-ing a good catch. Their nests are quite bulky structures made of sticks andweeds and grasses. These are generally located on the ground but occasionallyin low mangroves, these latter nests being more bulky than the ground onesThey lay from two to live chalky white eggs during .May and June. Size 3. \ Data.—Tampa Bay. May ^!». 1SM4. Three eggs. Nest in the top ofin mangrove; made of sticks, branches and leaves. Collector, Geo. Graham. 127. California Brown Pelican. Pelecanus californicus. flange.—Pacific coasl Crom British Columbia south to the Galapagos islands. This bird is similar to the preceding, but larger and the pouch is breed abunda
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