. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ?I "; The last photograph taken before his death in January. equalling an ordinary goose in size, but its bill and pouch are much larger in proportion than those of the bigger species of pelicans. It has also unusually long wings and short legs, aud, unlike the large pelicans, fishes on the wing, plunging down on its prey like a gannet; it goes completely under water, and comes up with its head facing in the opposite direction to that it took in making the plunge. It is a sea- coast bird, and is confined to t
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ?I "; The last photograph taken before his death in January. equalling an ordinary goose in size, but its bill and pouch are much larger in proportion than those of the bigger species of pelicans. It has also unusually long wings and short legs, aud, unlike the large pelicans, fishes on the wing, plunging down on its prey like a gannet; it goes completely under water, and comes up with its head facing in the opposite direction to that it took in making the plunge. It is a sea- coast bird, and is confined to the warmer parts of North America, where it usually BROWN PELICAN. breeds. On Pelican Island, however, where these birds have for some time been protected, the great number breeding has resulted in the destruction of the trees to a great extent, so that the pelicans have taken to building on the ground, thus showing that birds are willing to change their habits considerably rather than leave a locality to which they have become attached. Although the change of conditions in captivity must be much greater in its case, the Brown Pelican lives as well in that condition as the larger and less active COMMON GULL. AUSTRALIAN 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 London
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