from the Lake-dwellings of Glastonbury. 353 



The present paper deals especially with the bird-remains, 

 but a list of the mammals will be given at the end. 



Pelecanus crispus Bruch. 



The first account of the occurrence of the remains of a 

 Pelican in England was given by Prof. A. Milne-Edwards 

 in a paper published in 18(i7 ^. In tliis he described in detail 

 a left humerus preserved in the Woodwardian Museum, 

 Cambridge, to which his attention had been drawn by 

 Prof. Alfred Newton (P. Z. S. I808, p. 2). He further pointed 

 out that the bone belonged to a young bird, which probably 

 had been bred in the Fens and was not a mere accidental 

 visitor. 



In 1871 a second specimen, curiously enough also a left 

 humerus, from Feltwell Fen, Norfolk, was presented to the 

 University Museum of Zoology by Mr. J. H. Gurney ; this 

 was described by Prof. Newton (P. Z S. 1871, p 702), who, 

 on account of its large size, came to the conclusion that it 

 belonged to the Crested Pelican (P. crispus), and not to the 

 Common Pelican [P. onocrotnlus). 



Recently Mr. Sydney F. Harmer has described f some 

 wing-bones from Burnt Fen, Littleport, near Ely, which 

 seem to belong without doubt to P. crispus, and, as the 

 author I'emarks, these together with the previously recorded 

 specimens go far to prove that the Pelican was really a 

 native of the Fen Country. 



In the present collection Pelican bones are numerous, and 

 portions of the skeletons of at least five individuals, but 

 probably many more, occur. Many of the bones are greatly 

 broken and the ends much abraded, and in several instances 

 they must have belonged to young birds. This latter cir- 

 cumstance appears to indicate that these birds bred in the 

 neighbourhood, and that they were probably used for food 

 by the inhabitants of the village. 



In determining the species to which these remains belong 



* Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zoologie), ser. v. vol. viii. (1867), p. 285. 

 t Trans. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society, vol. vi, (1898), 

 p. 363; reprinted in Geol. Mag. dec. 4, vol. v. p. 417 (189S). 



