. Bird-lore . THE ROBBER EATING THE EGGS Observations in a Laughing Gull Colony 209 members of the genus, especially the Western Gull of our Paciiic Coast andthe Lesser Black-backed Gull of Europe, are notorious nest-robbers, but aseach of these is believed to invariably respect the eggs of its own species, theact of the Cobbs Island l)ird appears by comjnirison the more strange andincomprehensible. This avian tragedy reached its climax half an hour after the robbersdeparture. At 6:20 p. m. a bird, apparently the returning owner, came wing-ing across the pool from the direction of the beach, a
. Bird-lore . THE ROBBER EATING THE EGGS Observations in a Laughing Gull Colony 209 members of the genus, especially the Western Gull of our Paciiic Coast andthe Lesser Black-backed Gull of Europe, are notorious nest-robbers, but aseach of these is believed to invariably respect the eggs of its own species, theact of the Cobbs Island l)ird appears by comjnirison the more strange andincomprehensible. This avian tragedy reached its climax half an hour after the robbersdeparture. At 6:20 p. m. a bird, apparently the returning owner, came wing-ing across the pool from the direction of the beach, and circled high abovethe nest; then for the first time catching sight of the ruin, she broke forth intoloud and prolonged cries of almost unmistakable A GREAT BLUE HERON WHICH CAME ABOARD THE S. S. ALMIRAXTEABOUT .^oo MILES OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINAPhotographed by Edward Harold Pound, November, igio One of Our Neighbors By LILLIAN LAMBERT, Cedar Falls, Iowa THE theory of evolution—that each form of life has developed throughhundreds and thousands of years from a lower form—puts our ideasin regard to life upon a different basis, and establishes more than everbefore a kinship among all forms of animals. We, as human beings, havedominion over the lower forms of animals simply because of the superiorityof our intellect, but this superiority, instead of making us arrogant, shouldgive us a broader sympathy for our feathered and four-footed brothers, anda keener insight into their world, which is by no means a small one. Birds, as a class, are far more intelligent than the average person thinks,and this is especially true of the Crow. Most of us have inherited from ourancestors the epithet thieving Crow, and a prejudice against h
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