. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ason is dull or the nets are empty, the bird wings 1 The American birds were for many years described as a subspecies, L. a. smithsonianus Coues, onthe ground of more subterminal black of primaries and larger size: but the characters allegedwere found to be inconstant, and the name abandoned (Cf. Auk, July, 1902,). 5SO THE HERRING GULL. slowly off-shore and snatches fish or refuse from the surface of the water,or patrols the beach in search of offal. Immense companies
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ason is dull or the nets are empty, the bird wings 1 The American birds were for many years described as a subspecies, L. a. smithsonianus Coues, onthe ground of more subterminal black of primaries and larger size: but the characters allegedwere found to be inconstant, and the name abandoned (Cf. Auk, July, 1902,). 5SO THE HERRING GULL. slowly off-shore and snatches fish or refuse from the surface of the water,or patrols the beach in search of offal. Immense companies follow the fishingtugs as they visit the traps, and these are fed generously by the fishermen,who are glad to be rid of certain sorts of fish. The voracity of these toilers of the deep is astonishing. Langille tellsof one which picked up the newly-skinned body of a Common Tern, thrownon the water, and gulped it down at a mouthful, scarcely retarding its that contains the faintest elements of nutriment comes amiss. Gullswill follow steamboats from port to port or even across the ocean, subsisting. Kiity. Photo bv the Autlu KISH TRAPS IN LAKE ERIE. entirely upon the refuse which comes from the cooks galley. It is a perennialsource of delight to the traveller to feed these winged pensioners by hand,tossing them bits of bread or meat to test tiieir skill in catching on the fly,or to note the wild scrimmage which follows when a score of birds spy thesame morsel. In following steamers, as at other times, Gulls obtain their rest by sleep-ing on the water, and it is said that in crossing the ocean they spend the nightthus, and overhaul their patron ship early the following morning. But perhaps the most interesting phase of Gull nature is seen in theirmanner of flight. They are past masters of that humanly unattainable craft,
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