See also:

• PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)

PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; See also:

• LAT

Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)  , a large See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-eating See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl, remarkable for the enormous pouch formed by the extensible skin between the See also:

• LOWER

lower jaws of its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and apparently formidable but in reality very weak, See also:

• BILL

bill . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)

pelican, the Onocrotalus of the ancients, to whom it was well known, and the Pelecanus onocrotalus of ornithologists, is a very abundant See also:

• BIRD

bird in some districts of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, south-western See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, occasionally straying, it is believed, into the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern parts of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France; but the possibility of such wanderers having escaped from confinement is always to be regarded,' since few zoological gardens are without examples . Its usual haunts are the shallow margins of the larger lakes and See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, where fishes are plentiful, since it requires for its sustenance a vast See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of them . The See also:

• NEST

nest is formed among reeds, placed on the ground and lined with grass . Therein two eggs, with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, chalky shells, are commonly laid . The See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young during the first twelvemonth are of a greyish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, but when mature almost the whole plumage, except the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black primaries, is white, deeply suffused by a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich blush of See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose or See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon-See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, passing into yellow on the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest and lower See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck in front . A second and somewhat larger See also:

• SPECIES

species, Pelecanus cris pus, also inhabits Europe, but has a more eastern See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution . This, when adult, is readily distinguishable from the ordinary bird by the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the blush from its plumage, and by the curled feathers that project from and overhang each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, which with some difference of coloration of the bill, pouch, See also:

• BARE

bare skin See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the eyes and irides give it a wholly distinct expression . Two specimens of the 'humerus have been found in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FENS

fens (See also:

• IBIS

Ibis, 1868, p . 363; Proc . Zool . Society, 1871, p .

702), thus proving the existence of the bird in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England at no very distant See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and one of them being that of a young example points to its having been bred in this See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It is possible from their large See also:

• SIZE

size that they belonged to P. crispus . Ornithologists have been much divided in See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion as to the number of living species of the genus Pelecanus (cf. op. cit., 1868, p . 264; 1869, p . 571; 1871, p . 631)—the estimate varying from six to ten or eleven; but the former is the number recognized by M . See also:

• DUBOIS
• DUBOIS, FRANCOIS CLEMENT THEODORE (1837– )
• DUBOIS, GUILLAUME (1656–1723)
• DUBOIS, JEAN ANTOINE (1765-1848)
• DUBOIS, PAUL (1829-1905)
• DUBOIS, PIERRE (c. 1250-c. 1312)

Dubois (See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull . See also:

• MUS

Mus. de Belgique, 1883) . North See also:

• AMERICA

America has one, P. erythrorhynchits, very similar to P. onocrotalus both in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance and habits, but remarkable for a triangular, horny excrescence See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed on the See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of the male's bill in the breeding See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, which falls off without leaving trace of its existence when that is over . See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia has P. conspicillatus, easily distinguished by its black tail and wing-coverts . Of more marine See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit are P. philippensis and P. fuscus, the former having a wide range in See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Asia, and, it is said, reaching See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar, and the latter See also:

• COMMON

common on the coasts of the warmer parts of both North and South America . The genus Pelecanus as instituted by See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus included the ' This caution was not neglected by the prudent, even so long ago as See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• BROWNE
• BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
• BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
• BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
• BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
• BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
• BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
• BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
• BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)

Browne's days; for he, recording the occurrence of a pelican in See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, was careful to See also:

• NOTICE

notice that about the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time one of the pelicans kept by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king (See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II.) in St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, had been lnet.See also:

• CORMORANT (from the Lat. corvus marinus,' through the Fr., in some patois of which it is still " cor marin "; in certain Ital. dialects are the forms " corvo marin " or " corvo marino ")

cormorant (q.v.) and See also:

• GANNET (O.E. gavot)

gannet (q.v.)-as well as the true pelicans, and for a long while these and some other distinct See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, as the snake-birds (q.v.), See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate-birds (q.v.) and tropic-birds (q.v.), which have all the four toes of the See also:

• FOOT

foot connected by a See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web, were regarded as forming a single See also:

• FAMILY

family, Pelecanidae; but this name has now been restricted to the pelicans only, though all are still usually associated in the suborder Steganopodes of Ciconiiform birds .

It may be necessary to See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state that there is no See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation for the See also:

• VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)

venerable See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of the pelican feeding her young with See also:

• BLOOD

blood from her own See also:

• BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast, which has given it an important See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in ecclesiastical See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry, except that, as A . D . See also:

• BARTLETT, JOHN (1820-1905)
• BARTLETT, JOHN RUSSELL (18o5-1886)
• BARTLETT, PAUL WAYLAND (18654 )

Bartlett suggested (Proc . Zool . Society, 1869, p . 146), the curious bloody secretion ejected from the mouth of the See also:

• FLAMINGO (Port. Flamingo, Span. Flamenco)

flamingo may have given rise to the belief, through that bird having been mistaken for the "Pelican of the See also:

• WILDERNESS

wilderness."2 (A .