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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. Youug 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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