consequence of no other naturalist baring seen both s'lecies I
in spring and autumn, and where it; give» preference to the .¡v.
which is bordered with morasses. It comes through Bosnia,
seen as many as twelve together hunting for fish ; it is verv (
obtained, at different times, as many as twenty-four examples.”
The Pelecanus crispusdiffers from the Common Pelican in in
elongated, silky feathers; in the naked space around the eye he
stiff', lanceolate, rounded at the points, and o f a firm elastic tex
in all its proportions • and in the tarsi being stouter, of a diffe
seasons of the year old birds may be found both with and witl
menagerie which bar! always had it, while a bin! of the same
other respects they were the same, and were very healthy; am
largely developed, .sshI which lias it large crest covering the wh
to conclude that § | ... ■ | :t|.| bjr.i',”'
Of its habits, "iftauneK unrde of uiddieatioii, . no detail«
suppose that in-all these it cWdy meinbles the otl
" Naked space round rife-'(•;;& ficridi'rit-, towards the bill bit
and red; gular pouch or sack u « # r the bill blood ‘red into
furnished with a crest and thickly covered .with leathers, wlii
surface, are silvery white;” the tail is composed oftwentv-two
The young, which me very seldom seen, are wholly brownish
in texture and more silky in appearance than in the adults.
We cannot close our account o f this splendid bird, one of
Warmest thanks to our esteemed friend the Baron de Feldegc
obligingly sent us, as also for the very interesting eommmm
tracted the paragraphs in this paper included between inverted
The Plate represents an adult and a young ! ird about one ib