. The new book of birds : an album of natural history . Birds. 32 THE BOOK OF BIRDS The long beak often measures over eighteen inches, and although not so strong and formidable as it looks, it is often used by the bird in self-defence. Mr. Bryden once saw a Pelican that had been shot and was lying badly wounded strike fiercely and strongly at a native who ran up to despatch it. A notable thing about a Pelican's feet is that all the toes are webbed. Most of the web-footed birds have only the front toes webbed. This, of course, gives him a pair of splendidly broad paddles with which to move over
. The new book of birds : an album of natural history . Birds. 32 THE BOOK OF BIRDS The long beak often measures over eighteen inches, and although not so strong and formidable as it looks, it is often used by the bird in self-defence. Mr. Bryden once saw a Pelican that had been shot and was lying badly wounded strike fiercely and strongly at a native who ran up to despatch it. A notable thing about a Pelican's feet is that all the toes are webbed. Most of the web-footed birds have only the front toes webbed. This, of course, gives him a pair of splendidly broad paddles with which to move over the water. If ever you have the good luck to watch a Pelican coming down from a high flight, you will see him open out these webs till they seem to be of a most unbirdlike size and shape. There are several kinds of Pelican—ten or eleven, some naturalists make out. First, there is the Common species, sometimes called the Roseate or the White Pelican, because of his snowy plumage which is tinted with a flush of rose colour or salmon. The largest of the family is the Dal- matian Pelican, who wears " a curious crest of loose curled ; Then there is the Brown Pelican ; the tailed Australian and the North American s the Spotted-billed Pelican who builds in the f< of Burmah. And where are the first two species to They are the ones you are most likely to hear ab- The Roseate Pelican has his home in many He is to be seen as far south as Africa, as in the north-east of that vast and sun-steeped co: and in some parts of south-eastern Europe. This kind whose airy wheelings and circlings were spo early in this chapter. The Dalmatian Pelican, usually known by his. 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 Groser, Horace George. London : Melrose
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