BIRDS FOUND IN BAYOUS AND MARSHES 89 



take fliglit. At dusk and at dawn, large companies of 

 them may sometimes be seen circling slowly over a marsh 



as if to find a suitable 

 ing in long lines as 

 after the nc^till^2: 

 become moi*e sol- 

 less frequently 

 wins:. . .- 





187. White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



" Watching for minnows in the sJiallow 

 xvater." 



of water birds. At night, ' * 

 roost in trees in certain 

 localities, returning to the ^Jl^ 

 tree year after year. ' '' 

 is not often heard ; it has a 

 tural quality not unlike that ( 



M- 



feeding ground, or fly- 

 do the pelicans. But 

 season is ended, they 

 itary and are 

 seen on the 

 Look for 

 them 



^ at that 



time i.i the tal 



tule i!i a rsh e s. 



They arc there, 



though you 



may not 



find 



them, for 



they are the 



-f "^ shyest 



A _^..=^=-^ they 



* chosen 



s a m e 



_ Their cry 



""^^^^ peculiar gut- 



a bittern. 



