food of Pelicans at Pelican la land. 
At Uebustlon a detailed study of the food of the Broun helicon was 
acids on the Pelican Island reservation* At the tins of ay visit shout 
two thousand pairs of pelicans were nesting in the colony, a part of these 
occupied the saall island* now bare of vegetable growth that foisted the 
original pelican Island but the Majority were breeding in the mangroves 
on another island a short distunes east that la also included in our re- 
servation* About half of the occupied nests contained young. 
During part of ay stay the weather wne cold and unfavorable for fish- 
vise to disturb the birds 
by visiting the rookery* There were many newly hatohed young in the neats 
that felt the cold severely when left uncovered by the parents and if ex- 
posed too long there was danger that they wight succumb. On several occa- 
sions there a-!emed to be a soarolty of fish due to the lnoleaent weather and 
the young were ravenously hungry, so that they o ailed incessantly and ba- 
se iged Incoming adults for food* At those times they were very reluctant 
to give up any food that they had secured* after the first few days whsn 
thsy had become somewhat accustomed to ay presence it was at tl?«s almost 
impossible to get them to to regurgitate. Often other young seised the food 
aa Boon as it was dropped and on several occasions even adults swooped down 
within a few feet of me to secure fish disgorged by young birds* 
The udult pelicans susmed to do Most of their fishing along the ooast 
to the northr'iird and then* was a constant stream of birds passing to end 
from the islands in this direction. The birds crossed the peninsula that 
that separated Indiun River free the ocean to the outer beach and then flew 
along parallel to the coast a short distanoe from shore* Comparatively few 
