The White -Winged Fleet 



more interesting, more picturesque than these ex- 

 quisite snowy -plumaged creatures, most of them 

 pearly- mantled, that grace our lake and ocean 



GULL IN FLIGHT— PROBABLY THE WESTERN GULL. A WING STUDY 

 BY OTTO VON BARGEN 



shores. With easy flight they winnow the air, 

 wheeling and circling even to the clouds. Some 

 dart headlong to surprise the wary fish; others float 

 down like snow-flakes to take what the sea has 



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