. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . winddbe likelv to retire if not alarmed, I stole up to a sheltered spot comnuuuling aview of the latter location. Here at range I had the satisfaction ofseeing the birds alight gracefully one by one until a company of twenty-sixawaited the last ad\ances of the tide. One menil>er of the tlock had his sus-picions of the dark object ashore, antl published them from time to time in ahigh-pitched note of protest. In uttering this the Ijird first thrust his headforward wi
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . winddbe likelv to retire if not alarmed, I stole up to a sheltered spot comnuuuling aview of the latter location. Here at range I had the satisfaction ofseeing the birds alight gracefully one by one until a company of twenty-sixawaited the last ad\ances of the tide. One menil>er of the tlock had his sus-picions of the dark object ashore, antl published them from time to time in ahigh-pitched note of protest. In uttering this the Ijird first thrust his headforward with mandibles far a[)art. and began squealing. This noise he con-tinued with increasing vol- -- •,*_- ume whilehead straight up, and thening the moon. In sub-position again, and M \lower and finer note, m -Xeither slighth- ajar throwing hisfurther, like a dog bay-siding, he came toended by dnniing awith m a n d i l:i 1 e sor closed From a Pliotograph, Copyrigiit. 1907, by II. L. DdZLSOn. THE OF PEACE. CLLLS ON M.\DE LANDS, SE.\TTLE. Without further retreat the tlock awaited quietly the oncoming of theti<le, and allowed it to lift them, like stranded boats, clear of their anchorage,after which they swam slowh out to sea. We encountered these birds in small numbers aljout Moses Lake in Alay,igo6, and surmised that they were breeding in S(ime out-of-the-way swampamong the sand-hills. The}- were in high plumage, and their notes at thisseason had a mellowness and depth entirel}- strange. It is no small satisfaction to note that the barbarous custom of adorningladies hats with the [uuloined plumage of these graceful gulls has aboutdisappeared. To be sure, they did look very jaunty, but the hasty effigy of 738 THE SHORT-BILLED GULL. innocence wliicli the milliners art preijared. was still Um eloquent of niercen-ar\- betrayal and slaughter to let my ladys face speak its own message ofinnocence and beauty.
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