. Review of reviews and world's work . A BROWN PELICAN NEST ON BIRD ISLAND^ SANANTONIO BAY, TEXAS THE CASE OF THE BROWN PELICAN 511. A COMPANY OF YOUNG BROWN PELICANS GATHERED AS IF FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION and the colonies all visited. Fifty thousandwe recorded for that State. On the west coast of Florida the birdsbuild their nests in the low mangrove bushesof small keys, but it was not difficult evenhere to arrive at an estimate of their num-bers, on which my host, the Shell Fish Com-missioner, and I could readily agree. Wefound in this territory about 8000 pelicans,instead of the reported one
. Review of reviews and world's work . A BROWN PELICAN NEST ON BIRD ISLAND^ SANANTONIO BAY, TEXAS THE CASE OF THE BROWN PELICAN 511. A COMPANY OF YOUNG BROWN PELICANS GATHERED AS IF FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION and the colonies all visited. Fifty thousandwe recorded for that State. On the west coast of Florida the birdsbuild their nests in the low mangrove bushesof small keys, but it was not difficult evenhere to arrive at an estimate of their num-bers, on which my host, the Shell Fish Com-missioner, and I could readily agree. Wefound in this territory about 8000 pelicans,instead of the reported one million. In Mis-sissippi and Alabama pelicans do not breed,but a few are always found feeding aboutthe larger bays and harbors. It is thewriters opinion that in June, 1918, thebrown pelican population along that four-teen-hundred mile strip of coast from Mex-ico to Key West did not exceed 65,000 adultbirds. LIVE ON FISH NOT USED FOR HUMAN FOOD Regarding the food of the pelican at thisseason Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Chief of theUnited States Fish Commission, reportedthat every specimen sent him that was col-lected between Rockford, T
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