. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE PELICAN YAWN The Pelican has an elastic bag or pouch that hangs from the lower part of the bill. This is used as a dip net. The bird swims along, up-ends, and dives for a fish. It was formerly thought that this pouch served to convey live fish, swimming in water, to the little Pelicans at home; but it would be impossible for a Pelican to fly with his burden so out of A YOUNG PErjCAN GETTING HIS DINNER A mother Pelican regurgitates a fishy S(jup and the liaby helps himself out of this family dish. When he is half grow
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE PELICAN YAWN The Pelican has an elastic bag or pouch that hangs from the lower part of the bill. This is used as a dip net. The bird swims along, up-ends, and dives for a fish. It was formerly thought that this pouch served to convey live fish, swimming in water, to the little Pelicans at home; but it would be impossible for a Pelican to fly with his burden so out of A YOUNG PErjCAN GETTING HIS DINNER A mother Pelican regurgitates a fishy S(jup and the liaby helps himself out of this family dish. When he is half grown, the mother opens her mouth, and his whole head and neck disappear while he hunts for his dinner in the internal 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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