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 July, 19o2. I THE CONDR 93 A Domesticated White Pelican. other times I have noticed it approach high in the air, and circle in luwering circles un- til it landed in the yard. It is quite tame, and has been taught ninny tricks by the family, such as catching a ball or other object when thrown at him and sometimes toing it into the air again. When performing this feat, it seems to extend its pouch to its fullest capacity and tlis acts like a basket in catching the object. He is fed uu fish from the fish stall, and eats almost anything of that description given hiln. These people have another pelican, one of the brown variety, but it is not as domestic as the white one. It is absent for long periods." Mr. A. P. Redington of San- ta Barbara has favored TIE CO,DOR with the interesting photographs presented here- with, and adds a few words concerning the tameness of this white pelican. Mr. Red- ington writes: "It was cap- tured some years ago and has been in captivity ever since, though it has liberty to go and come at its will, which I sup- pose could harclly be termed "captivity" in its true sense. It is in possession of a fisher- man's family whose residence is located near the beach, and the bird has the freedom of the yard, and street for that matter, as I have fre- quently seen it flying up from the beach homewards, some- times keeping in advance of a team, and flying but a few feet above the ground. At