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English
The flag of Louisiana depicts a pelican in her piety, i.e. a vulned pelican feeding her young.
1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 74:
a pelican or, vulned gu.
1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 306:
Or a pelican in piety ppr. REIDHEUGH, Culte-bragan. Per chev. vert and erm. in chief a pelican or vulned ppr. JOYNER. [...] Quarterly per fess indented sa. and or in the first quarter a pelican of the second vulning itself ppr.
1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 190:
Gu. a pelican feeding her young arg. vulned ppr. (4th quarter).
