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of one ill June, 1849, in the neighbourhood of Guete, 

 and three others near Libourne, in the Department of 

 the Gironde, which he supposes were flying to the 

 grounds in which they ordinarily lived, and which 

 were then the theatre of war. Mr. W. H. Simpson 

 ("Ibis," vol. iii, p. 366,) describes what must have 

 been a magnificent sight, namely, a flock of Pelicans, 

 which he supposed were of this species, numbering 

 several thousands, flying northwards in the Dobrudscha. 

 Lord Lilford ("Ibis," vol. ii, p. 355,) says that the 

 White Pelicans pass in enormous numbers over Corfu 

 southwards in November, and that a few remain about 

 the coasts of Epirus throughout the winter. 



Count Miihle says, — "This Pelican is also very rare 

 in Greece. I believe that it comes there to breed, but 

 is only seen singly, now and then in winter. Among 

 all my specimens of Pelicans I have only one of this 

 species, which was killed in April in the lake of 

 Missolonghi. It was a female, and about to lay, as a 

 mature e^^ was taken out of its body. Dr. Linder- 

 mayer says that it is much rarer in Greece than P. 

 crisjnis, only a solitary one being seen in the large 

 lakes now and then. He does not speak of its breeding 

 there with certainty. It is found, according to Captain 

 Loche, in Algeria, but only accidentally. In Egypt, 

 the Rev. E. C. Taylor says, "Ibis," vol. i, p. 54, "This 

 magnificent bird is tolerably numerous, and generally 

 distributed. It is usually to be seen standing on sand- 

 banks in the bed of the river, and is a characteristic 

 feature of Nile scenery." Dr. G. Hartlaub includes it 

 among the birds of "West Africa, and gives Senegambia, 

 on the authority of Lichtenstein, and Mozambique, on 

 the authority of M. Verreaux, as localities, ("Ornithologie 

 Westafricas," p. 259.) 



