Re: [MDOsprey] The Pelican Brief ...ly

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Phil Davis wrote:
> 
> All -
> 
> You think we have had some confusion over the pelican and boundary lines
> ... check this out ...
> 
>  From Stewart and Robbins, 1958, Birds of Maryland and the District of
> Columbia (the MD/DC Records Committee baseline document) ...
> 
> White Pelican [species account]
> 
> ... One bird, recorded by Cooke (1929) as having been collected in the
> District of Columbia in 1863 by C. Drexler, was actually taken by Drexler
> near Alexandria, Virginia, in April 1864; this specimen was correctly
> catalogued (USNM) under the number 33701, but was later mistakenly
> reentered under number 41793 as having been collected in 1863.
> 
> Phil
> 
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Folks,

please delete me from this listserver.  I have moved and changed email
addressess.  thank you.

scott

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