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tention; and that if they fly away they are 

 pretty sure to return again and again, and per- 

 haps will bring a mate or young ones with them. 



In the light of these facts the acquaintance 

 between the men of Brenton's Reef lightship 

 and Gull Dick is no longer singular, although it 

 remains interesting. All winter he would linger 

 about the lightship, taking the raising of the 

 lanterns as a signal to come and get his supper, 

 after which he would fly away to his customary 

 roost on Beaver's-tail until sunrise. 



About April 6th he would be seen for the last 

 time that season, usually remaining until night- 

 fall of the last day. " It would seem," Captain 

 Fogarty records for 1892, "that Dick is in- 

 clined to have company during his migration 

 this time, for he brought another gull with him 

 to jointly partake of the supper provided, then 

 both went away together." In 1894, his twenty- 

 third return, a companion came with him, but 

 Dick would not let him share even the first 

 breakfast; and in 1895 he went away again, 

 attended by a young gull, " after a hearty 

 supper." 



