BIRDS FOUND IN BAYOUS AND MARSHES 89 



take flight. At dusk and at dawn, large companies of 

 tiiem may sometimes be seen circling slowly over a marsh 

 as if to find a suitable ,<^^fek feeding ground, or fly- 

 ing in long lines as ^^P^^HH do the pelicans. But 

 after the nesting ^^ ^V season is ended, they 

 become more sol- f Mlt ^^^^ '^^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^ 



less frequently ^BMMffl^ 8B^ ^^^^ on the 



^#«1■iii!Ete^;;Y<i'^ ^^^^^^HSk them 



187. White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



" Watching for 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 in the tall 



tule marshes. 



They are there, 



though you 



may not 



find 



them, for 



they are the 



shyest 



they 



~ same 



Their cry 

 peculiar gut- 



tural quality not unlike that of a bittern. 



