PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS.—P. CRISPUS. AD] 
PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS, Linnzus. 
THE PELICAN. 
§ 5168. One—“<Germany.” From M. Parzudaki, 1858. 
M. Parzudaki said “Allemagne”; but perhaps this referred to the 
general idea of the country whence it was sent. How far do Pelicans 
breed in Germany ? 
[There seems to be no evidence of Pelicans breeding in Germany, | 
[$ 5169. Oxe—*South Russia.” From Herr A. Heinke, of 
Kamuschin, through Dr. Giinther, 1862. | 
PELECANUS CRISPUS, Bruch. 
DALMATIAN PELICAN. 
[§ 5170. One.—Mesolonghi, 29 February, 1860. “‘ Nests 
visited on day of capture by W. H. S.”, From 
Mr. Simpson. 
Mr. Hudleston (then Simpson) writing in ‘The Ibis’ for 1860 (pp. 394, 395) 
on the Birds of Western Greece directed attention to this species as forming a 
conspicuous feature on the lagoon of Mesolonghi, “and the more so as it is 
1ikely soon to disappear from the district, because it is too good a fisherman to 
be allowed a cast without paying any rent.” 
He continues :—‘“ Time was, and not so long ago, when Pelecanus crispus 
lived in hundreds all the year round, from the rocky promontory of Kourtzolari, 
hard by the mouth of the Acheloiis, on the western extremity of the lagoon, 
to the islands of A®tolico, up its northern arms, and, on the east, to the great 
mud-flats which mark the limits of the present delta of the Phidaris. Now-a- 
days a solitary individual may be seen fishing here and there throughout the 
lagoon, but the small remnant of this once mighty host have made their last 
stand upon the islands which divide the Gulf of Procopanisto from the Gulf of 
Etolico. Here, towards the end of February last, the community of Pelicans 
constructed a group of seven nests,—a sad falling-off from the year 1858, when 
thirty-five nests, the remains of which had not then disappeared, were grouped 
in contiguous proximity upon a neighbouring islet. It needs not the nose of a 
pointer to discover the locality, even if the large white birds themselves were 
not a sufficient guide. As we approached the spot in a boat the Pelicans left 
their nests, and taking to the water, sailed away like a fleet of stately ships, 
leaving their newly-built establishment in possession of the invader, The boat 
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