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dead. on the water. I also noticed, when ! first 
visited the Cormorant island, that when the Cor- 
morants were frightened off their nests, before 
they would return, the Gulls settled down upon 
their homes, and ate a number of the eggs. I have 
alread ye pe- 
corded the case 
of the Frank- 
lin’s Gull plun- 
dict nro.) stele 
Grebe s: mest. 
and it 1s evi- 
dent that such 
deeds of vic- 
ence are a fam- 
ily trait among 
Oui beawtiiul 
ws 
and interesting -ag.@eeiw Se Aree 
friends. B Ue “THE YOUNG WERE SKULKING AMONG THE WEEDS AND 
STONES.’’ YOUNG RING-BILLED GULL 
with all their 
faults we shall continue to love them, and refrain 
from flinging at them in cynical spirit, ‘‘ handsome 
is that handsome does.’’ 
Among all birds, I do not know of a more 
beautiful species than the Franklin’s Rosy Gull. It 
is of medium size, resembling Bonaparte’s Gull in 
having a black hood, as it were, over the head and 
the upper neck, with pearl-grey upper parts; but 
the under portions, which are white, have added a 
beautiful rosy blush. They are said to breed from 
Dakota northward to the Arctic sea. Besides being 
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