. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 316 AMERICAN A characteristic view in the largest of the Gull colony showing the tangled masses of standing and fallen trunks. a surprisingly graceful manner for so large a bird with such short legs. A few seemed to be playing a game of tag; one would start chasing another,whereupon a third would often cross between the two and would then be pursued by the starter of the game just as children do in 'cross tag'. We frequently saw this game, if such it was, played, the birds continuing until they appeared to tire of it. Another game is
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 316 AMERICAN A characteristic view in the largest of the Gull colony showing the tangled masses of standing and fallen trunks. a surprisingly graceful manner for so large a bird with such short legs. A few seemed to be playing a game of tag; one would start chasing another,whereupon a third would often cross between the two and would then be pursued by the starter of the game just as children do in 'cross tag'. We frequently saw this game, if such it was, played, the birds continuing until they appeared to tire of it. Another game is mentioned by my friend Mr. Parker who has visited the island during the past two seasons but we were not fortunate enough to see it during our stay. It might be called the tug of war. One bird picks up a small stick, perhaps six or eight inches long and, advancing up to another offers it the other end of the stick; this individual catch- ing the spirit of the fun, grasps the end and then ensues a silent but vigorous tussle to see who shall retain possession; no animosity seems to be shown by either party and the stick is dropped as soon as one gains the victory. Scattered about among the large white Gulls were many smaller grayish, wooly looking creatures mounted on stilt like legs, and, as. 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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