. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . each road fnim lUaine. as the title neareil theflood, I caught sight of a \vl\-arri\e(l conipan\- of these Gulls upon an outerreef. Noting a bar mid\va_\ between them and the beach, to which they \vouldbe likely to retire if not alarmed, I stole up to a sheltered spot comniantling a\iew of the latter location. Here at close range I had the satisfaction ofseeing the birds alight gracefully one Ijv (jne until a company of twenty-sixawaited the last ad\-ances (.)f the tide. On
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . each road fnim lUaine. as the title neareil theflood, I caught sight of a \vl\-arri\e(l conipan\- of these Gulls upon an outerreef. Noting a bar mid\va_\ between them and the beach, to which they \vouldbe likely to retire if not alarmed, I stole up to a sheltered spot comniantling a\iew of the latter location. Here at close range I had the satisfaction ofseeing the birds alight gracefully one Ijv (jne until a company of twenty-sixawaited the last ad\-ances (.)f the tide. One memljer of the flock had his sus-picions of the dark object ashore, and jjulilislied them fmm time to time in ahigh-pitched note of protest. In uttering this the l:)ird first thrust his headforward with mandibles far apart, and began squealing. This noise he con-tinued with increasino \-ol- ^^^h^^^^ ume while throwino- hishead straight up, and then siding, he came toposition again, and ^F ^^ ^^ ended by droning a ower and finer note, m -X yk with m a n d i b 1 e s either slighth- ajar ■ ■ r closed From a Photograph, Copyright, 1907, by II. L. Dawson. THE MESSENGERS OF GULLS ON MADE L.\NDS, SEATTLE. \\ithout further retreat the flock awaited quietly the oncoming of thetide, anil allowed it to lift them, like stranded boats, clear of their anchorage,after which they swam slowly out to sea. ^\e encmmtered these bird= in small numbers about Moses Lake in IVIay,iyo6, and surmised that they were breeding in some out-of-the-wav swampamong the sand-hills. They were in high plumage, and their notes at thisseason had a mellowness and depth entirely strange. It is no small satisfaction to note that the barbarous custom of adorningladies hats with the ]nirli lined ])lumage of these graceful gulls has aboutdisappeared. To be sure, they did look very jaunty, but the hastv efligv of 7^» IlIK ) iiiiuiccncc wliicli the milliiK-rs art prcpartil.
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