. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 28 PBLBCANID^ PELBCAN0S lanceolate feathers four to five inches long ; on the chest is another clump of similar lanceolate and pointed feathers. Iris yellowish-brown mottled darker; bill yellowish-white, the nail at the tip of the upper mandible orange; pouch flesh-coloured, with fine transverse ^^uidistant parallel lines ; legs yellowish-white. Length 66-0; wing 22-5 ; tail 7-5: culmen 13-5 ; tarsus 3-25. In the non-breeding plumage and in young birds the wings are brown throughout, there is no pink wash on the back, flanks and under tail-coverts, these par
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 28 PBLBCANID^ PELBCAN0S lanceolate feathers four to five inches long ; on the chest is another clump of similar lanceolate and pointed feathers. Iris yellowish-brown mottled darker; bill yellowish-white, the nail at the tip of the upper mandible orange; pouch flesh-coloured, with fine transverse ^^uidistant parallel lines ; legs yellowish-white. Length 66-0; wing 22-5 ; tail 7-5: culmen 13-5 ; tarsus 3-25. In the non-breeding plumage and in young birds the wings are brown throughout, there is no pink wash on the back, flanks and under tail-coverts, these parts being white ; the tail -is dark brown with the base #1 PiG. 7.—Head of Pelecanus rufescens, x Distribution.—The Pink-backed Pelican is confined to Africa and Madagascar, ranging from the Gambia and Abyssinia southwards to the Cape. It is by no means a common bird within our limits, and is much less often met with than the White Pelican ; in fact, so far as I am aware, it has only been observed by Messrs. Layard and Ayres, by the former near Cape Town and at Zoetendals Vlei, in the Bredas- dorp district, and by the latter in Natal, in Durban Harbour. Mr. Wood informs me that an example was recently shot about twenty miles up the coast from East London, and is now preserved in the King William's Town Museum. Habits.—Ayres gives a good account of the habits of this Pelican as follows : " These birds frequent the bay and the mouths of rivers on the coast; their food, I believe, consists entirely of fish. They appear to feed in the evening and early in the morning, basking in the sun during the day. They are gregarious, and may be seen. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna
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