. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . painfully. Behavior.—Referring to the daily flights of this species to andfrom its feeding grounds, Mr. Anthony (1889) writes: Flocks of from five or six to twenty were constantly arriving from far outat sea, flying in one long line, each following directly in the track of the onenext in front, and but just keeping above the water until within a few hun-dred yards of the island, when they rose gradually to the elevation of theirnests. Toward night the flocks grew larger, as the bi
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . painfully. Behavior.—Referring to the daily flights of this species to andfrom its feeding grounds, Mr. Anthony (1889) writes: Flocks of from five or six to twenty were constantly arriving from far outat sea, flying in one long line, each following directly in the track of the onenext in front, and but just keeping above the water until within a few hun-dred yards of the island, when they rose gradually to the elevation of theirnests. Toward night the flocks grew larger, as the birds that had been overto San Quentin Bay for the days fishing began to arrive. These birds afterfishing until sunset along the southern shore of the bay, gather in largeflocks, and most of them fly dii-ectly up the bay, or almost at right angleswith the course taken by those birds that fly directly toward the island. Forsome time I was at a loss to know where these flocks were going, as I knewthat there was no resting place in that direction; but I found that after U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 65. .^- r-*^
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