. Birds in literature . the deep blue, you can often see the gulls ....that are found along the coast. The pearly mantle that covers the back can only be seen as it nowand then skims the surface of the water, or rests awhileon the waves from which it gathers its food. But theair seems their native element . . and in the grandsweep of their wings and in their slow and majestic progressthey give to the beholder the sense of rest rather thanweariness. Parkhurst. The Birds Calendar.*^ The gull is distinguished by its small and lean bodywhich is covered with a great quantity of feathers. Itswings a
. Birds in literature . the deep blue, you can often see the gulls ....that are found along the coast. The pearly mantle that covers the back can only be seen as it nowand then skims the surface of the water, or rests awhileon the waves from which it gathers its food. But theair seems their native element . . and in the grandsweep of their wings and in their slow and majestic progressthey give to the beholder the sense of rest rather thanweariness. Parkhurst. The Birds Calendar.*^ The gull is distinguished by its small and lean bodywhich is covered with a great quantity of feathers. Itswings and head are very large, all uniting to give the birda false appearance of size. Hence, I suppose, originatedthe word, when used to imply deception. The sportsmanwho for the first time has shot one of these birds, expectingto find it large and plump, .... is said to be gulled. Flagg. a Year With the Birds.**^ HAWKS The red-shouldered and the red-tailed hawks are thebirds to which the names chicken hawk and hen hawk 74. Hawks are most frequently misapplied. Being both commonspecies whose habits render them easily observed, theyare often unjustly made to suffer for the sins of their bird-killing relatives of the genus Accipiter [sharp-shinned andCoopers hawk]. Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ It can be readily proved that it [the red-tailed hawkis far more beneficial than otherwise, and really deservesprotection, instead of having a bounty placed on its head, as has been the case in several states Of two hundred and twenty stomachs of the red-shoulderedhawk examined .... only three contained remains ofpoultry. . So long as there is a grasshopper or ameadow mouse to eat, the sparrow hawk will let featheredprey alone; but these failing, it is a past-master in droppinglike a thunder-bolt upon .... small birds found onthe ground in thickets and the borders of woods. Butit does not eat the farmers broilers: the little sharp-shinned and the Coopers hawk attend to them. Neltje Blanchan. Bir
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