Taney VWHire -WiInGcED PLEET 
more interesting, more picturesque than these ex- 
quisite snowy-plumaged creatures, most of them 
peatly-mantleds= that erace our’ lake and) ocean 
GULL IN FLIGHT — PROBABLY THE WESTERN GULL. A WING STUDY 
BY OTTO VON BARGEN 
shores. With easy flight they winnow the air, 
wheeling and circling even to the clouds. Some 
dart headlong to surprise the wary fish; others float 
down like snow- flakes to take what the sea has 
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