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Ord. Pelecaniformes. Pelican-like Birds. 

 Sub. Ord. Pelecani. Pelicans. 



XXXVIII. I. pellican. Pelican; <:^'L,. pelicanus, < Gr. 

 TreXeKavo'; ; ME. pelican, pelycan ; F. pelican; It. pellicano ; 

 D. pelikaan. The pelican does not now exist in England. 

 The following is taken from the Diet, of Birds: 'Two 

 specimens of the humerus of as many Pelicans have been 

 found in the English fens {Ibis. 1868), thus proving the 

 former existence of the bird in England at no very distant 

 period, and one of them being that of a young example 

 points to its having been bred in this country. It is pos- 

 sible from their large size that they belonged to Pelecanus 

 Crispus.' 



Th. Ps. loi. 5 : ic geworden eom pellicane gelic se on westene wunaS. 



2. stangella. Pelican ; <[ stdn, stone + gellan, to yell ; 

 lit. a ' stone-yeller.' In Rid. 25, gellan is used of the cry 

 of a hawk. 



WW. 287. 10: pellkanus, stangella and wanfota ; Spl. /"j. loi. 7 : gelic 

 geworden ic eom tJam stangillan westene, similis factus sum pellicano solitu- 

 donis. 



3. wanfota. Pelican ; <; wan, lacking + fot, foot. Bos- 

 worlh-ToUer suggests it is derived from wann, dark + fot, 

 i. e. dark-footed. 



WW. 287. 10 : pellicanus, stangella and wanfota. 



4. dufedoppa. Probably a pelican, because it is glossed 

 by the L. pellicanus, pelican, although it is given in the 

 Cent. Diet, as a general term for diving bird. < dufan, to 

 dive -t- dopettan, to dip. It is preserved in Mod.E. didap- 

 per, divedappa, divedopper; the dufe appears in Mod.E. 

 dove, and doppa in Mod.E. doppe, a dabchick. ME. dy- 

 doppar. 



Lamb. Ps. loi. 7 : gelic geworden ic eom nihthraefne otS3e dufedoppan 

 westennes, similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis. 



5. dumle. Pelican. Given in Lye's Diet, with the gloss 

 cnocratallus. It appears in the compound raradumle, bit- 

 tern. 



