. Bird lore . k. And so the summer passed—the Gull always on the offensive and bellig-erently on the lookout for invaders. I often tried to take her by surpriseand so discover any nesting-place she might possibly have, but always sheseemed to come from the water or from a large rock a little distance beyondthe wreck. My failures led me to accept the belief of the students that the Gullwas insane, and oppressed by the delusion that she had a home and familywhen she had none. But one morning, a few days before we broke camp, I discovered that ouropinions were wrong and that we had misjudged her,
. Bird lore . k. And so the summer passed—the Gull always on the offensive and bellig-erently on the lookout for invaders. I often tried to take her by surpriseand so discover any nesting-place she might possibly have, but always sheseemed to come from the water or from a large rock a little distance beyondthe wreck. My failures led me to accept the belief of the students that the Gullwas insane, and oppressed by the delusion that she had a home and familywhen she had none. But one morning, a few days before we broke camp, I discovered that ouropinions were wrong and that we had misjudged her, for out from under thewreck swam a young Gull of several weeks growth, and attended by the fondmother, no longer The Old Maid. She was no less quarrelsome, however, and on this occasion she was aidedin her defensive efforts by the Gulls that had heretofore seemed to ignore permitted her to teach the Gull-child the worlds mysteries without molesta-tion from me, and the site of her nest remains The Present Status of the Heath Hen By GEORGE W. FIELD Of the Massachusetts Fish and Game CommissionWith photographs by the author FOR the details of legislation and of efforts to protect the Heath Hen,and for the general facts in regard to its distribution and decline, thereader is referred particularly to the summary of the results of pre-vious observers which is given in Forbushs Game Birds, Wild Fowl .andShore Birds, pages 385—393, the waiters sketch on the Heath Hen in Bird-Lore, Vol. LX, No. 6, 1907, and the reports of the Massachusetts Com-missioners on Fisheries and Game. Six years experience prove that the protected reservation is an efficientmethod for increasing the numbers of this Grouse without artificial propa-gation. Solely as a result of setting aside an extensive area adapted to thefeeding and nesting habits of the birds, with an efficient patrol, the develop-ment of local public sentiment, and destruction of enemies through the effortsof one game-keep
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