Note 277 — VI. BIRD CALENDAR FOR THE REGION OF THE MANDAN VILLAGES, IN THE WINTER OF 1833-34[274]

On the pelican of the Mississippi and Missouri, which I have often mentioned under the term Brachydactylus, it is to be noted that Lichtenstein has rejected this word and chosen in its place for this species Latham's name, Trachyrynchos, and that I have followed the change. On this subject, see Lichtenstein, Beitrag zur ornithologischen Fauna von Californien.—Maximilian.

Comment by Ed. Martin Heinrich Karl Lichtenstein was a famous German naturalist. The work referred to by Maximilian was published in Abhandlungen der Koeniglichen Akademie (Berlin, 1838-39).