"Mixed flocks of Dalmatian Pelicans Pelecanus crispus and White Pelicans P. onocrotalus do occur, but the two are most often seen separately, and a typical view is of a small party of one or the other species in flight overhead. Mystery photograph A, taken by Tim Loseby in India in January 1982, shows a Dalmatian Pelican, while mystery photograph B, taken by Leif Schak-Nielsen in Kenya in June 1977

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