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 

 ing in long lines 

 after the nesting 

 become more sol 

 less frequently 

 wing. 



feeding ground, or fly- 

 do the .pelicans. But 

 season is ended, they, 

 itary and are 

 seen on the 

 Look for 

 them 



187. White-faced Glossy Ibis 



' Watching /or minnows in the shallow 

 water. ^^ 



of water birds. At night, 

 roost in trees in certain 

 localities, returning to the 

 tree year after year, 

 is not often heard : it has a ^ 



time ill the tall 



tule m a r s h e s. 



They are there, 



though you 



may not 



^: find 



them, for 



they are the 



shyest 



^^ they 



same 



-'^^^z^.' Their cry 



- peculiar gut- 



tural quality not unlike that of a bittern. 



