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hear all day and at intervals during the night on 
Pelican Island. 
Pelicans of the same nest never seem to recover 
from the mutual enmity with which they begin life. 
Quarreling is the normal condition of affairs among 
the children of a Pelican family, and as they always 
scream loudest when fighting, one cause for the con- 
tinuous uproar is evident. Another is the question 
of food, and just at this point I may pause a moment 
108. Young Pelican, downy stage. 
to describe the manner in which the young Pelicans 
are fed. 
So far as I know, Pelicans live wholly on fish, 
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