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 > > ================================================ > Phil Davis > > home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA > work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA > ================================================ Folks, please delete me from this listserver. I have moved and changed email addressess. thank you. scott