THE GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. 
ordinary scolding, or distress cry, of characteristic and uniform pitch, save 
that it is raised.to a higher key when the speaker becomes vehement. The 
phrase varies from three to five notes, and is uttered in the following cadences: 
kak’-ak6; kaka, kaka; kaka kakka’; kakak’, ka'kakak’; kak'-a-kak’-a-ka. 
Kawk.—A note of inquiry or mere communication; has many modifica- 
tions and varies from a short trumpet note to the succeeding. 
Klook.—A sepulchral note of unfailing interest but uncertain meaning. 
Taken on Photo 
Williamson Rocks. by the Author. 
ANOTHER NEST, SHOWING VARIATION IN COLOR OF EGGS 
The trumpet notes, long or short, single or in prolonged succession, high- 
pitched, musical, and far-sounding. During delivery the head is thrust for- 
ward, the neck arched, and the throat and mandibles opened to their fullest 
capacity. These are pleasure notes and are used especially on social occasions 
when many birds are about—kleer, kleer, kleer, kicer. 
A(n)k, a(n)k, a(n)k, a(n)k, a(n)k, a(n)k—minor trumpet notes of 
regular length and succession, used in expostulation or social excitement, 
frequent and varied. 
Klook, klook, klook 
in quality a combination of kawk and the trumpet 
