Zoo Notes 
4 « JTMMY.” 
The last photograph taken before his death in January. 
equalling an ordinary size, but 
its bill and pouch are much larger in 
proportion than those of the bigger species 
goose in 
of pelicans. It has also unusually long 
wings and short legs, and, unlike the large 
pelicans, fishes on the wing, plunging down 
on its prey lke 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 
COMMON GULL. 
Photos by W. P. 
Dando, 
Regent's Park. 
F.Z.S., 
307 
BROWN PELICAN. 
where 
time been 
breeds. On Pelican Island, however, 
these birds have for some 
protected, the great number breeding has 
resulted in the destruction of the trees to 
a great extent, so that the pelicans have 
taken to buildimg 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 species. 
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AUSTRALIAN 
THICK-KNEE. 
