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the Dalmatian Pelican ; and it is probable that the colours may differ according to the season of the 

 year. The adult of the present species has in the spring the forehead swollen so as to form a large 

 fleshy knob, which is clearly shown in my Plate. The young bird is said to have the bill dull yellowish, 

 marked with lead-grey on the edges, especially towards the tip, blackish on the chin; iris dark brown; 

 naked space round the eye pale yellow. Captain Shelley describes one from Egypt as having the legs 

 olive-black. 



The Roseate or White Pelican (as it is frequently called) inhabits Southern and South-eastern 

 Europe, but rarely ranging into Central or Northern Europe, North Africa, and Asia, probably 

 as far east as Japan. 



It has not been obtained in Great Britain ; but it has been recorded from Sweden, though 

 from all appearance it is doubtful if a really wild bird has been obtained there ; for a specimen is 

 said to have been shot in the autumn of 1859, a few miles north of Gaxahamn, which is supposed 

 to have belonged to Kreuzberg's menagerie, wrecked near Oland. This is Mr. Meves's remark ; 



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in all probability the same specimen is referred to by Professor Liljeborg (Up. Vet. Soc. Arsskr. 

 1860, p. 288). An old male is also stated to have been shot on the 8th June 1850, on the 

 Ramen lake, in Dalecarlia. According to Dr. Palmen it has once been killed in Finland ; for a 

 young example was shot in the early spring of 1839 in the parish of Karis, in Western Nyland. 

 In Russia, according to Sabanaeff, it does not range above Sarepta ; but Severtzoff once obtained it 

 in the Voronege Government, and one was procured in March 1860 near Rosloff, in the Smolensk 

 Government. According to Mr. Taczanowski the White Pelican is met with accidentally in 

 Poland. In the Warsaw Museum are two specimens — one killed near Lomza, and the second 

 in the Lublin Government, besides which, he adds, he knows of several instances of its occurrence 

 in other parts of the country. It is a very rare straggler to Northern Germany. Borggreve says 

 that it has been twice obtained near Danzig, once in Posen, once in Silesia, and once on the 

 Moselle. In Denmark it has occurred on several occasions. Mr. Collin says that he was 

 informed by Mr. Bendsen, of CEro, that one was shot at Traneskjser Castle, in the Borgso, in 

 the early winter of 1821-22. It is also said to have been shot at Ravsted, in Schleswig, in the 

 summer of 1857, at Frederiksstad, once on Fohr, and twice at Widau. As above stated, it has 

 been met with in Western Germany; and Malherbe says that there is a specimen in the Metz 

 Museum which was killed near there on the 4th October 1835. It does not appear to have 

 straggled to Northern France ; but it is found every now and again in the southern portion of 

 that country, usually at rare intervals, and especially about the Etang de Berre and the mouths 

 of the Rhone ; and Lacroix states that it has been obtained in the French Pyrenees. It is occa- 

 sionally seen in Portugal, but has not been recorded from Spain, and is, on the whole, much 

 rarer in South-western than in South-eastern Europe. 



In Italy its apparitions are irregular; but sometimes it is seen in considerable numbers, 

 especially on the Mincio, the Po, and the Adriatic; and Mr. A. B. Brooke says (Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 345) that it has been obtained, though rarely, in Sardinia. Malherbe records it as of 

 accidental occurrence in Sicily. In the autumn of 1831 a young one was shot near Messina; 

 and in May 1834 five adults were killed in the same locality. In Malta, Mr. C. A. Wright says 

 (Ibis, 1864, p. 154). it is " accidental. In 1848 a great many were driven on this island during 

 a violent gale of wind from the north-east, and many were shot at Sliema, St. Julian's, and other 



