Decrease of Birds in Mass, J. A. Alien 
The White Pelican ( Pelecanus trachyrhynchus ) is mentioned as a 
former inhabitant of New Hampshire and other parts of New Eng- 
land, and was doubtless in early times more or less common in 
Massachusetts, where its presence is now regarded as merely acci- 
dental j but two or three recent instances of it here are on record. 
Bull. NiQ.O, I, Sept, 1876. p, 6 0 . 
Some Birds of Bare or Accidental Oc- 
currence in New England. H.A.Purdie 
14. Pelecanus trachyrhynchus. White Pelican. —At the Natural 
History store of Mr. A. J. Colburn, Boston, I saw, a few months since, a 
skin of this species, freshly made up from the flesh. The bird was shot 
at North Scituate, October 6, 1876, by Mr. George Pratt. It was a male, 
in fine plumage and good condition. Though not new to the State, I 
think its presence with us worthy of notice. 
Bull. N. O.O. 2. Jan., 1877. p,22 
PELICAN FOUND 
AT SANDWICH 
SANDWICH, May 17.— A strange sight 
was witnessed here on Friday, when a 
large pelican was found on the beach 
here by Mr. Kounze, who gave in to Eu- 
gene Haines. It measured 8 feet from tip 
to tip of its strong wings, its bill was over 
18 inches long, and the pouch under- 
neath would hold two or three gallons. 
Whether it followed some other birds 
away from its far-away home, or wheth- 
er it was blown toward these shores In a 
hurricane, none can tell. Mr. Haines will 
have it mounted and placed on exhibi- 
tlon - iW* ( > ? or) 
