. British birds. Birds. VOL. VII.] COURTSHIP OF COMMON GULL. 279 cases the result was that the bird on the stone was swooped at and buffeted by another, but I only once saw a bird struck while behaving as in fig. 1. The third performance took place upon the ground, among the long grass and raspberry canes which grew upon the island. Two male birds walked side by Fig. 3. COMMON GULL: TO SHOW ATTITUDES ONE AND THREE. {Photographed hy Miss M, D. Htiviland.) as closely as though they had been coupled together, with their heads drawn in, as shown in the bird in the foreground of fig. 3. The
. British birds. Birds. VOL. VII.] COURTSHIP OF COMMON GULL. 279 cases the result was that the bird on the stone was swooped at and buffeted by another, but I only once saw a bird struck while behaving as in fig. 1. The third performance took place upon the ground, among the long grass and raspberry canes which grew upon the island. Two male birds walked side by Fig. 3. COMMON GULL: TO SHOW ATTITUDES ONE AND THREE. {Photographed hy Miss M, D. Htiviland.) as closely as though they had been coupled together, with their heads drawn in, as shown in the bird in the foreground of fig. 3. The leg was bent until the tarsus was almost on the ground, the whole body was stiffened, and the bird uttered a curious guttural note. While walking thus, the Gulls followed certain definite tracks or runs in the herbage, but whether these runs were made by these repeated promenades, or whether they simply chose them as the easiest places to walk in, I cannot say. I twice saw^ the male bird assume this attitude before another bird which subsequently proved to be a female, but I never saAv a female act 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 London, Witherby & Co
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