. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . liveried messengers to prophesy of a world beyond. White for purity, paleblue for tremulous hope and reminiscence of heaven (when skies are dull) ;these, with a little black for tagging—recognition marks—compose the daintycostume of a full grown gull. The murky flood below gnaws sulkily at theunderpinning of the wharfage, or recoils in turbid fright from dark secrets of\-egetable outlawry: but the sea-birds, hovering o\er, spotless, graceful,debonair, make us forget our partne
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . liveried messengers to prophesy of a world beyond. White for purity, paleblue for tremulous hope and reminiscence of heaven (when skies are dull) ;these, with a little black for tagging—recognition marks—compose the daintycostume of a full grown gull. The murky flood below gnaws sulkily at theunderpinning of the wharfage, or recoils in turbid fright from dark secrets of\-egetable outlawry: but the sea-birds, hovering o\er, spotless, graceful,debonair, make us forget our partnership of guilty knowledge, and pledge usto visions of the limpid ocean, all power-ful and all purifying. To and fro, forward and liack, in anrlout, up, down, and around,moves the restless multitude. From a Photograph, Copyright, 190S, by\V. L. Dim-sou. FACING THE TIDE. CULLS IN E.\ST WATERWAY, SEATTLE. when the hungry mood is on,—a twirling kaleidoscope of action. And, whilethe gulls are no songsters, not the least of their charms lies in the manifoldcries, trumpet calls, croaks, barks, and screams, with which tlie birds mark theprogress of their quest. And when a treasure of floating biscuits is discovered,how the screams rise to a grand medley of stridor, fierce, exultant, like tJieIriumpli of Tritons over smitten reefs! ;iX IIII-: (. rruiii i> tili \vc i>\vc llic continiKil pn-M-iicc >t mir tliii>;mils of sca-j^iilsthru the winter diiilly to the activities of our packing iiouses, ami to the factthat tlie citys garhajje is dinnped daily at the .idvancinfj edjjf f tlic tide liie dnniping j,Mi>nn(ls tlie arrival of each loailed cart, in charjje of Antonioor Iietro. is jjreeied with a douhle Chautan(|iia salute of thitterinj
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