. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . Taken at S^lit Rock. Photo by the Author. YOUNG WESTERN 728 TIIF. WESTERN GULL. (luUs arc indiscriminate feeders, and all is grist which conies to Iheirmill. Jliis species is chargeil with a discreditable weakness for birdseggs; and according to Finley and others, an adult Western makes noth-ing of swallowing a voung ]\Inrrc or a squab Cormorant in the absenceof vigilant [jarents. This stigma, b\ the wa\, dues not attach to Glaucous-winged Gulls, for 1 ha\e spent week
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . Taken at S^lit Rock. Photo by the Author. YOUNG WESTERN 728 TIIF. WESTERN GULL. (luUs arc indiscriminate feeders, and all is grist which conies to Iheirmill. Jliis species is chargeil with a discreditable weakness for birdseggs; and according to Finley and others, an adult Western makes noth-ing of swallowing a voung ]\Inrrc or a squab Cormorant in the absenceof vigilant [jarents. This stigma, b\ the wa\, dues not attach to Glaucous-winged Gulls, for 1 ha\e spent weeks with them withemt witnessing anymisbeluuinr. Fish the staple diet nf the gulls, and the binls i|uarter the sea at a considerable height luitil some indica-tion of a tra\elling school is noted. Tell-talehaste on the part of an\ one bird is rem;ii-ked1)\ distant conuades, and all hurry tn the sceneof slaughter. Ivxcited screan;s ])nblish thenews still uvvv widelw if the ])rospect is a goodone, and a thousantl birds may join the feastbefore the bewildered fisli realize. ••■■^^aB^. i-^, that the\- are fvunishing bothmirth and meat, and go Indians take pro]ier ad-\autage of this hsii-tiuding i)ro-pensitN- nn the ])art of the gulls,.and when the birds f)llow thesmell ashore at La Push, a shoutruns thru the \illage, and theseines are hurried out. Wlien the birds are surfeited,;iccordiug to Mr. Bowles, a gamecif t;ig is indulged in. One catches;i herring, and instead of eating it,llies with the fish hanging fromits i)ill, past three or four com-rades. These acce]it the challenge,and rush madK .after, while the pursued goes thru all sorts of evolu-tions in seeking td elude them. If overtaken, the order of chase is re-versed, and the game goes merrily cm until all ;ire tired. The hsli, or tagtrophy, is \v>[ eaten, but is dropped upnu the i)la\--grnnn(l in a conditiondecidedlx- the worse for wear. Giants Groiif^, Pholu by Ihc .-Uilluir
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