this the bill wan thrown directly up uad slightly back beyond a parpen- 
dicul ar line with the mouth still open* At the suae tine the tip of the 
lower mandible woe spread in a bow so that it measured at least eight 
inches across the tip* This stretching perhaps gave sons relief from the 
V « 
irritation oaueed by the Uallophaga Ulonopon titan ) that were attached in 
poire to the inner walls of the pouch no; r the gape where they clung with 
► . • • > P f » 1 * Kv ’ 
their jaws while in oopula. ilany times daring this stretching the pelicans 
shook the head slapping the sides of the pouch find perhaps occasionally 
k|M 
getting rid of some of these parasites. 
Pelicans dreueed their feathers deftly with their great bills, working 
core fully to squeeze the wtter from their breast feathers. The peotinated 
middle claw was used frequently in scratching the sidoe of the head and 
neck, producing a soufflng rasping noise as audible as the aoratohlng of 
a dog Infested with fleas. 
The full complement of eggs in u nest was throe. These were ohalky 
white in oolor but as incubation proceeded bo came much stained with ex- 
crement and other dirt. Uuny of the funnies seemed to experience ease 
difficulty in ovipositing as the greater part of the fresh eggs examined 
were streaked with blood. These streakings were broad and began about 
~ '''? . VT .?•” Li. i -ffi La gET ka i 
one fourth of the length from the email end of the egg. From that point 
they extended toward the large end being most prominent over the oentral 
bulge. At one side on the large end there was usually the imprint of the 
distal and of the oviduct outlined in blood, impressed apparently as the 
egg was extruded. The streakings were uniformly present on all three 
eggs in tbs set. These markings might be attributed to a prims passu 
• * < 
on the part of a young female brooding for the first time wore it not 
that they were present on so many of the eggs examined, as the oviduct 
