. 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 White Pelican. Taken on the Sallon Sea Photo by the Author THREE GRACES they had topped Mt. Lowe, whose observatory they ex- amined curiously; and then I watched them, sharply pointed dots of white against the chap- arral green of the mountains, until they had cleared Mt. Wil- son and disappeared toward Mohave. It was a "flying cir- cus," in the days before human imitations had made their ap- pearance, at least in squadron formation,
. 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 White Pelican. Taken on the Sallon Sea Photo by the Author THREE GRACES they had topped Mt. Lowe, whose observatory they ex- amined curiously; and then I watched them, sharply pointed dots of white against the chap- arral green of the mountains, until they had cleared Mt. Wil- son and disappeared toward Mohave. It was a "flying cir- cus," in the days before human imitations had made their ap- pearance, at least in squadron formation, and at that I think the birds had the advantage. Speaking of aviators, I re- call a fourth picture in which these master craftsmen of the air posed as inspectors of the new aspirants. It was at a famous meet of the early day, April 19th, 1913, at Sacramento, when Christofferson, Blakely, Francis, and others were enter- taining the crowd at the State Fair grounds. There were two machines in the air doing a sky- climb, which was to conclude the program, when a close- ranked platoon of some thirty- odd White Pelicans swept over the exhibition grounds in silent majesty. But in passing, their attention was attracted by the strange invaders of their ethereal medium, and they broke file, wavered, circled and towered in curious confusion and appre- hension, for the space of ten minutes. Alas! not even the sky is safe for these children of the older day. 1964. 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), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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