AMONG THE WATER-FOWL 



Though I did not succeed in this, the effort was 

 not wholly in vain, for through it I learned the 

 reason for this habit. This breeding colony of the 

 Eared Grebes closely adjoined a far larger one of 

 thousands of the Franklin's Rosy Gull. Hardly 



A FRANKLIN S ROSY GULL EATING EGGS OF EARED GREBE, ON EAST 

 SIDE." THE OWNER WATCHING. 



had I returned to my anchorage, when a Gull alit 

 upon one of the nests which I had uncovered, and 

 proceeded to pierce the eggs with its bill and devour 

 the contents. I pulled the string and exposed a 

 plate upon this interesting procedure. The picture 



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