Children's own library . •- >s^**St{£ COMMON CORMORANT of water, but the bird has the. power of contracting itso that it can scarcely be discerned. The pouch serves as a net in which to scoop up thefish on which the Pelican feeds. Another most important use of the pouch is to con-vey food to the young. The parent Pelican presses 190 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY the pouch against its breast, in order to enable theyoung to obtain the fish; which action, in all proba-. EUROPEAN PELICAN bility, gave rise to the fable of the Pelican feedingits young with its own blood. The red tip of the billprobably
Children's own library . •- >s^**St{£ COMMON CORMORANT of water, but the bird has the. power of contracting itso that it can scarcely be discerned. The pouch serves as a net in which to scoop up thefish on which the Pelican feeds. Another most important use of the pouch is to con-vey food to the young. The parent Pelican presses 190 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY the pouch against its breast, in order to enable theyoung to obtain the fish; which action, in all proba-. EUROPEAN PELICAN bility, gave rise to the fable of the Pelican feedingits young with its own blood. The red tip of the billprobably aided the deception. woods natural history , 191 Although a web-footed bird, the Pelican, like thecormorant, can perch on trees, although it prefers sit-ting on rocks. Its color is a pure white, with a veryslight tinge of rose color, and the pouch is yellow,Its length is nearly six feet.
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