Mar., 1907 



AMONG THE PELICANS 



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AN ADULT PELICAN JUST DROPPING INTO ROOKERY 



birds as they soared about. Then it was thriUing to see some of them descend with 

 rigid, half -closed wings. They used the sky as a big toboggan-slide and dropped 

 like meteors, leaving a trail of thunder. Several times when we first heard the 

 sound, we were deceived into thinking it was the advance messenger of a heavy 

 storm and jumped up expecting to see black clouds rising from behind 

 the mountains. 



Po rtia II d. Ore go u . 



A HEAVY BIRD LIKE A PELICAN RISES FROM THE WATER 



WITH DIFFICULTY, AND USES ITS FEET 



IN GETTING A START 



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