Show 5 yr 5 1 Pelicans Had Been Too Long Fishermens Fishermen's Pets A discovery was made a short time ago age says san till the Detroit News lWI that many pelicans In Santa Ranta Monica bay boy Calif ha tiara have ve never learned to fish for tor their dally subsistence For years the pouch blued Ill I'll water birds have dozed sleepily around the wharves and fish fish- In lag ing I vessels pl and lived entirely upon the fi fish h proffered them by generous fishermen It was as not necessary for these birds to skIm the waves of or the sea fen In tn pursuit pur pur- suit sult of schools of or fI fish h and make the beautiful dives so attractive to observers ers IrI thus they IhlY never learned the art nut Hut a et condition occurred that almost spelled finis for such a languorous II of or living nuh seas n drove the fish to quieter tu mil II l e c- c venters failed o i ike aka kl the Ih u usual catches s and there was less food rood to tos toss to the birds Some cases casl's were found where birds had almost starved to death That the condition was caused by a lack lock of ot schooling Is II proved pro by the fact tact that scores of or regular birds found no dim culty In doing plenty of ot their own fishing |