208 THE PELICAN. 







on its march. It was one of the largest of the kind, and 

 had a daily allowance by the Emperor's orders. As 

 another proof of the great age to which the Pelican lives, 

 Aldrovandus makes mention of one of these birds that 

 was kept several years at Mechlin, and was verily belie- 

 ved to be fifty years old. 



