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WILD WINGS 
During the same cruise we visited two other pelican cities 
of long standing, which were likewise u])on low sand-bars. 
Here, though the wary old pelicans were al)Out, there was 
not a sign of an egg. The sea mav have washed them 
entirely away. On the west coast of Florida the pelicans are 
said to nest usually upon low trees, as some few did in the 
Indian River colony, and thus escape this danger, only to 
suffer at the hand of man. Though nature mav be seem¬ 
ingly even more wanton than man in its destructions, this is not 
an example to be followed, but a warning that if he, too, 
turns destroyer, the birds can have little chance to survive, 
and the balance of nature will be overthrown. 
BKOWN PELICANS ON THEIR NESTS, AT CLOSE RANGE 
