( nr, ) 



to Australia unci tlie Society Islands, and recognised F. minor {Pelecaniis minor 

 Graelin), as given to small specimens of the common large species, /•'. aqiiila (L.). 

 On the other hand Hidgway (Lc.) raises the qnestioii whether /'. nijtiila minor is 

 worthy of recognition as a separate form from trne F. uijxila aijuila, or not. If so, 

 the small form would be an occasional visitor to the Galapagos, while F. (Kjuila 

 (iijuila would be of regular occurrence according to Ridgway. 



Our material from the Galapagos proves that the small form is resident on the 

 islands, and, we think, it proves also that the large and small form completely inter- 

 grade in the same colonies, and that tlierefore they are not separable as subspecies. 



On Cnlpepper, "Wenman, Tower, Gardner and Hood Islands they wore found 

 breeding. On Indefatigable, Duneau, Jervis, James, ( 'hatham, Baningtoii, and 

 Albemarle Islands they were found to be common, and they were also seen on 

 Abingdon, ( 'liarlcs, Bindloe, and Narborongli Islands. The mules vary in the two 

 principal measurements as follows : 



6 ad. Culpepper. Bill from gape to tiji in a straight line IIG, 112, lln ram., 

 wing 5S0, .'iSO, .548 mm. 



c? ad. Barrington. Bill, as above, 12.-), wing 045 mm. 



S ad. Tower. Bill, as above, 130, wing (iCU mm. 



? ad. Cnlpepper. Bill, as before, 135, wing 600, GlO mm. 



? ad. Wenman. Bill, as before, loS, wing GftO mm. 



It is evident, and known, tliat iho females are, as a rnle, mneli larger than the 

 males, but the Vienman/e male is a very large specimen. 



The following note is on the label of this large female. " Wenman Island, 9 , 

 August 4th, 1897. Length 42-50 in., extent 96 in. Iris dark brown, feet madder 

 red, tarsi paler, liill horn-colour, gnlar sac and eyelids indigo bine. This bird is 

 coloured entirely diflerent from anything seen so far." We do not find anything 

 extraordinary in these notes, the males only having a red gnlar sac, this being blue 

 in the females. 



The differences stated by IJidgway to exist in rohiration — viz., that in the 

 smaller birds the plumage is more glossy, and the back brilliant green mixed with 

 purple, instead of the reverse — do not hold good, and are merely of an individual 

 character. 



The nests, composed of some sticks and placed in low bushes, contained one egg 

 each. On Wenman they were fresh in the first week of July. 



Genus PELEOANUS L. 



PtUcfmmt, Linnaeus, Syst. Kat, ed. X. I. p. 1.32. 



Tropical and temperate regions of the world, Imt absent from the Pacific 

 islands and other maritime groups of islands far from the mainland or other 

 large islands. 



1. Pelecanus fuscus californicus Eidgw. 



Pelecanus (/usfi/s ?) californicim, Uidgway in Bairil, Jin nvr <(■ Rklffmii/'s Wdter-D'mh nf Xvrlli 

 A merica, II. p. 143 ; «/., Miiii. Aorih A mrr. B. p. 8^ (1887) ; id. in U.S. Nat. Mus. XIX. p. 593 ; 

 Grant, Cat. IS. Brit. Miis. XXV. p. 478. 



We quite agree with Mr. Grant, that the changes of plumage and the measure- 

 ments are generally quite the same in /'. fi.tcus and /'. californicus, and that the 

 reddish colour of the basal jiortiuu of the gnlar sac during the breedins; season is 



