the 3uraau of Fisheries that though this massing of mullet has been 
conmonly reported that it has not been witnessed or described in 
print so far as he knew by any observer of scientific training* Further 
than that the mullet probably spawned in the open ocean no information 
concerning its breeding was available* Judgement on the Brown lolican 
on the score of its feeding on these fish as has been described must 
be withheld therefore until fully substantiated. 
Observations made in the field seem to indicate that while pelicans 
will take mullet when they are to be secured, these fish are in general 
so quick in avoiding attack that only occasionaly, perhaps only by u 
few certain birds more expert than others, can they be captured* The 
rapid darting of mullet when startled is well known to those who have 
observed them, and apparently enables them to elude capture* On Feb- 
ruary 4 near Crow key in Charlotte Harbor 1 watched a flock of twenty 
pelioans feeding for an hour. Schools of small mullet were running 
here and the great birds struck at them steadily but during this entire 
period of observation only one pelioan succeeded on one occasion in captur- 
ing a single fish. Finally all of the birds gave up the effort. 
The birds were observed feeding on schools of a small sardine 
(Stolephorus ) in Terre Ceia bay and on Glass minnows (Opisthonema 
OKlinuro ) in Charlotte Harbor. 
pelicans in most cases seem to ralize that mullet fishing is not 
profitable and usually paid no attention to these fish other than to 
watch with interest as they passed over them. On many days dur- 
ing the period of observation fish were not easily available as cold 
drove them to take refuge in deep water* At such timeB the pelioans 
