. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Western Gulls rapacious beak is to burrow under ground or to file into crevices. And at that Anthony tells us:1 "I have seen a Western Gull pull a Cassin's Auklet from a somewhat more shallow burrow than the usual and swallow it whole with the same gusto and apparent relish with which it bolted the egg a moment ; A bird which can swallow an adult Cassin Auklet, a bird with a body fully as large as that of a robin, can make away
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Western Gulls rapacious beak is to burrow under ground or to file into crevices. And at that Anthony tells us:1 "I have seen a Western Gull pull a Cassin's Auklet from a somewhat more shallow burrow than the usual and swallow it whole with the same gusto and apparent relish with which it bolted the egg a moment ; A bird which can swallow an adult Cassin Auklet, a bird with a body fully as large as that of a robin, can make away with young murres and baby shags at an alarming rate. As a conse- quence, the murre ledges are repeatedly attacked and sometimes pillaged, in spite of the fact that the attendant parents huddle together in actual contact. The case with the cormorant is even more desperate, especially when the visit of a fisherman or a birdman puts the shags to flight. As Anthony says again:2 "The advent of man in the region of a cormorant rookery is hailed with delight by every gull on the island; but to the poor cormorant it is a calamity of the deepest hue. As the frightened birds leave the nests, which have so far never been for a moment left without the protection of at least one of the parents, the screaming gulls descend in swarms to break and eat the eggs or kill the young as the case may be. Small cormorants are bolted entire despite their somewhat half-hearted ^'Random Notes on Pacific Coast Gulls" by A. W. Anthonv. !Auk, Vol. XXIII., April, 1906. pp. 135, 1384 Photo by the Author GULLS AT REDONDO CHIEFLY IMMATURE WESTERNS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell)
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