720 



'rriK r.T.Ai'cors-W'ixr.F.n gull. 



saner S]iirii is Ijeginiiing tu In- nianitcst, and ilic (".mL-nimcui int(.-r\eneil in the 

 fall of H)0/ in hclialf n\ tlic jK-rsccnlcd sfa-fnwl of the west coast. 



Nothing in the domain of tirnithology can exceed the romantic interest of 

 a sea-bird islantl. When to the stnhhorn ciiallenge of the rock itself and the 

 screaming of the apprehensixe fowl, is added the majestic snh-dominimt of the 

 roaring sea, ynu ha\e a thing to stir the lu-arts of \'ikings. it was the wine of 



Taken on Carroll Islet. 



Frow (I Flintogrof'h, Cot^yrighl , 1907, by II'. L. Dmvson. 

 NEST AND EGGS OF GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. 



adventure, no dnuht. as well as the nnderhing necessit\' fur food which 

 prompted an Ozette Indian to scale "Peechwah" within recent nienior\- ; and 

 which tempted the young Ouileutes of a bygone generation to s.ick Cake 

 Island, whose sides appear "more than ])erpendiciilar." 



Once at hume, the gnlls nest almost anywhere, save that they ha\e not yet 

 been dri\en into trees, as is the case along the Maine coast, v'^loping. grass- 



