He had seen at Sisal, egretes, pelicans, and ducks which were rare in collections at home, and an oscillated wild turkey, which alone he thought worth the voyage to that place; and now, our attention being particularly directed to the subject, in some places the shrubs and bushes seemed brilliant with the plumage and vocal with the notes of birds.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
There were solemn pelicans, and such kind of grotesque bird as use only one leg, it being long enough for two, and never that to walk upon, so far as anybody had ever noticed.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Grouse, foxes, prairie dogs, jack rabbits, pelicans, squirrels, deer, wolves-the boats full of meat all the time, and two or three beaver every night!
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough