AUDUBON JOURNAL 



turn^ to the center of its Net — No doubt this is a Way 

 of preserving the flies when the Spider is Not hungry; — 



When we left the ridges We at Once saw a diferent 

 Country in aspect, the Tall White & Red Cypress 

 being the principal Trees in Sight with their thousand 

 Knees raising Like so Many Loafs of Sugar — Our 

 eagerness to see the Lake engage us to force Our 

 Way through Deep stiff Mud & Watter — We came 

 to it and saw several Large Alligators Sluggishly Mov- 

 ing on the Surface, Not in the Least disturb^ by our 

 Approach — 



Saw a White Ibis on a Log where it sat a Long 

 time arranging its feathers using its scythe Shape* bill 

 very dexterously; Could have Killed it but having No 

 boat and afraid of Sending a Dog in the Lake Left it 

 Setting peaceably — 



Saw a great Number of Prothonotary Warblers on 

 the Low Bushes of the Swamp — Many Tellow throated 

 Warblers these have all the habits of a Creeper, Moving 

 quickly round, up and down the Limbs and trunks of 

 the Cypress trees, fly swiftly in the Manner of the 

 brown Creeper alighting generally low on the truck 

 assending it searching nimbly for small Insects; these 

 birds [/ have] have so much the appearance of the 

 White & Black Creeper that had I not seen one fly di- 

 rectly toward me and discovering then the beautifull & 

 Rich Yellow Throat I would not have shot one — This 

 however I effected and found Myself in possession of 



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