I caught several to examine then and to taka bod ^temperatures and found 
that they were able to bite fiercely though their neck muscles wars weak 
so that it was easy to hold them. bhen birds rose in flight from among 
groups of others the neighboring pelicans realising their clumeinaes 
Vfatohed closely and duoked their heads quickly when neeessary to avoid 
being struck, often biting angrily at tbs flying bird as they did eo • 
Once on the wing the pell cane were complete musters of themselves* 
Though the broad webbed feet of the adults seemed clumsy they per- 
ched with ease on the tough slender branches of the mangroves maintaining 
& hold with no apparent trouble* In blighting the oirds balanced a 
moment and then had no further trouble in keeping their equilibrium and 
they moved about with more or less freedom* It has been etutad thtt in 
there is no character available by which t.ha sex oi adult pelican* 
may be distinguished. On observation however I found that the two sexes 
were in many oases readily told apart by their else, the .utle being dis- 
tinctly larger than the female* This difference was well shown in the 
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length of the bill which was one and one half to two inches longer in 
males In females. In groups of pelloans It was often a simple ru t- 
ter to pick out the males with a considerable degree of accuracy and i lao 
at tiroes to distinguish the sex in single birds aftar I wi.ti v.«l; aor.’i* 
tomsd to their uppearunee. bub sequent 
specimens substantiated this character 
measurements made from muse 
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noted first in field observations. 
Amount of food consumed by polloane* 
The quantity of food consumed by pelicans in nost casns has ooen 
grossly exaggerated. It is the opinion of the writer that the birds 
normally feed but onee a day. The statement is made ocmmonly that aaeh 
pelican consumes ten pounds of fish per day. In regard to this the tol 
