BIRDS FOUND IN BAYOUS AND MARSHES 89 
take flight. At dusk and at dawn, large companies of 
them may sometimes be seen circling slowly over a marsh 
as if to find a suitable feeding ground, or fly- 
ing in long lines as do the pelicans. But 
after the nesting & season is ended, they 
become more sol- / itary and are 
seen on the 
. Look for 
them 
less frequently 
WING. - ~ 
MB etl 
Soa ie ih 
ij ii hs ls ie 
at that \ 
time in the 
tall 
tule marshes. 
They are there, 
though you 
may not 
i i tod 
them, for 
- 
187. WHITE-FACED GLossy IBIS. 
“ Watching for minnows in the shallow aa es ~ they are the 
pce =e shyest 
of water birds. At night, +“ 2 pe = they 
roost in trees in certain 3 = -2==— chosen 
localities, returning to the ee === game 
tree year after year. - ~ = ===3 Their cry 
is not often heard; it has a ~ == peculiar gut- 
tural quality not unlike that of a bittern. 
