. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. p. TRACHYRHYNCHUS : AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. 337 Family PELECANID^ : Pelicans. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. PeLECANUS TRACHYRHYNCHUS Lath. Chars. Bill several times as long as the head, comparatively slen- der, but strong, straight, broad, flattened, ending with a distinct claw-like hook; mandibular rami joining only at their apex; the long, broad interramal space, and the throat, occupied by an enormous membranous sac ; nostrils abortive ; wings ex- tremely long, in the
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. p. TRACHYRHYNCHUS : AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. 337 Family PELECANID^ : Pelicans. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. PeLECANUS TRACHYRHYNCHUS Lath. Chars. Bill several times as long as the head, comparatively slen- der, but strong, straight, broad, flattened, ending with a distinct claw-like hook; mandibular rami joining only at their apex; the long, broad interramal space, and the throat, occupied by an enormous membranous sac ; nostrils abortive ; wings ex- tremely long, in the upper and fore-arm portions as well as the pinion, with very numerous remiges ; tail very short, of twenty or more feathers ; feet short, very stout. Size large. Color white ; occiput and breast yellow; primaries, their coverts, bas- tard quills, and many secondaries, black ; bill, sac, lores and feet yellow. About 5 feet long; expanse, ; wing, ; bill, or more ; tail, , normally Fig. 73. — Bill of White Pelican ; much Reduced. According to Allen (Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 60), the White Pelican was doubtless in early times not uncommon in Massachusetts and other parts of New. 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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