. Among the water-fowl : observation, adventure, photography : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains . ider it a matterof Gull-morality to scream at regular intervals ofnot more than two seconds. When several hun-dreds, or thousands, are thus engaged, it would bedeaf ears indeed that were not almost overpoweredwith the volume of sound. The first Herring Gull colony that I ever sawwas on Great Duck Island, Maine. In a densefog we beat to it from Mount Desert, and wentashore in the tender. The Gulls
. Among the water-fowl : observation, adventure, photography : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains . ider it a matterof Gull-morality to scream at regular intervals ofnot more than two seconds. When several hun-dreds, or thousands, are thus engaged, it would bedeaf ears indeed that were not almost overpoweredwith the volume of sound. The first Herring Gull colony that I ever sawwas on Great Duck Island, Maine. In a densefog we beat to it from Mount Desert, and wentashore in the tender. The Gulls bred mostly onthe ground here, but some had taken to the was early July, and the nests, probably havingbeen robbed, still had eggs. For years I have loved to visit a fine colony ofthe Herring Gull on No Mans Land, a lonelyisland far off the shores of Maine. Though thename truly represents its v\^ildness, it is not accu-rate at the present time, for the island is under 136 The White-Wixc;ed Fleet human ownership, and the Gulls,—as now are theGulls and Terns on all the principal breeding-islands from Virginia to Maine,— are rigorouslyprotected by law and by wardens. This is as it. OTHERS PERCHED UPON THE SPRUCE - TREES. HERRING GULLS, IN AMAINE ISLAND COLONY. BY W. L. BAILY should have been long before. No Mans Landis another of the picturesque, rugged, spruce-cladislands typical of this coast. As we approach it,we begin to see a horde of circling birds, hun-dreds of them gathered in groups on the rocks,and others perched upon the spruce-trees. Then, 137 Among the Water Fowl running the tender up on a shelf of rock whenthe wave serves, all the thousand and more greatGulls hover screaming, or gather in groups on thedark trees, making a wonderful picture. Up abovethe rocks there is an area of pasture where grazea flock of sheep, which have been ferried overhere for the season to live and multiply,— if theycan. Some fail, as their dead bodies show, and theRavens hav
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