Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . \>*M ^ ^^ .!> S^-Si. w « . -V r SOU- Ok - jc _ *<\- _-:i^. !» .*<f FALSE CHOYA, GOLDEN GLOW (ENCELIA), DESERT VERBENA, PRICKLY PEAR; DESERT QUAIL ENJOYING A DUST BATH. DETAIL OF THE GROUP bank beyond, I could see the turkey vultures standing in arow with their broad wings spread to the sun, like Romanlegionaries with shields upon their arms. Great blue heronswere flying about everywhere, and sometimes they wouldallow us to ride close to them as they stood among the the sun had sunk below the near-by crest, a troop ofwhite pelicans—hundreds o
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . \>*M ^ ^^ .!> S^-Si. w « . -V r SOU- Ok - jc _ *<\- _-:i^. !» .*<f FALSE CHOYA, GOLDEN GLOW (ENCELIA), DESERT VERBENA, PRICKLY PEAR; DESERT QUAIL ENJOYING A DUST BATH. DETAIL OF THE GROUP bank beyond, I could see the turkey vultures standing in arow with their broad wings spread to the sun, like Romanlegionaries with shields upon their arms. Great blue heronswere flying about everywhere, and sometimes they wouldallow us to ride close to them as they stood among the the sun had sunk below the near-by crest, a troop ofwhite pelicans—hundreds of them—soared past us in theglow that came over the hill-top. Despite their size andweight, they flew with all the grace and ease of gulls, and farmore majestically. About the time that the nighthawks began to fly,we made camp. ^Vhile our simple supper was cooking, Iwalked through the brush to the brink of the river. Strangecackles, whistles, and splashings came from the half-sub-merged islands and the tules. Coots were playing together 207
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