Eureka Reporter | 1905-12-08 | Page 5 | Pelican's Peculiar Motions

pelican s peculiar the pelican the chief of swimming and fishing birds has many peculiar motions he Is a strong flier and when alighting on the water to swim brings his feet which had before been stretched out behind into a standing position and as it were slides along the surface tor several yards before settling into a swim in diving for fish he invariably performs a somer sault under water for descending as he always does diagonally not per his head emerges look ing into the direction opposite to that in which it was looking before