724 HE GLALCOUS-WINGED GULL. 
tones, uttered deliberately and without much show of energy. Used chiefly 
in domestic conversation of uncertain Hnport 
Oreé-ch, oreé-ch, oreé-ch, an an an An expression of greeting as 
when uttered by a sitting bird welcoming one about to alight. The notes of 
the first series are trumpet tones in which the second syllable of each member 
is raised to a higher pitch, while the voice is dropped again on the third. The 
second series is lower and more trivial but still enthusiastic as tho congratula 
tory to the guest arrived 
Ko—shouted once, or thrice repeated, in quelling a clamor. “Hist! 
Hist! You're making too much noise; he’s watching us.” 
Arahh—a slow and mournful trumpeting, usually uttered awing to 
express anxiety or grief, as at the loss of a chick. 
Qo anh, 00 anh—repeated indefinitely. Notes of coaxing and endear- 
ment usually addressed to children, but occasionally to wedded mates. The 
cooing of doves does not express so much adulation, or idolatrous devotion, as 
the gull throws into these most domestic tones 
Glaucous-wing is the gull par excellence of Washington. Indeed, the 
fanuliar, note-book shorthand “G. W. Gull” deserves to be expanded into 
George Washington Gull, by way of loyalty. No other gull is known to nest on 
he islands of the lower Sound, where ten or a dozen small colonies of this 
species remain. Among the Olympiades there are ten principal colonies, boast 
g¢ in the neighborhood of eight thousand birds all told, while detached groups 
| scattered pairs haunt practically every available rock from Destruction 
lhe nesting colonies comprise adult birds exclusively ; and since the juve 
les are practically absent from the harbors in summer, Washington knows 
ng of their whereabouts at that season. Early in the tall both adults and 
begin to appear in the harbors and inland waters, and their nun bers in 
reas tead ly until. by the time winter ts ¢ stablished., thev outnumber all other 
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