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 as 

 after the nesting 

 beceme 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 for minnows in the shallow 

 water." 



of water birds. At night, • 

 roost in trees in certain 



time in the tall 



tule marshes. 



They are there, 



though you 



may not 



JS^^Z- ■ find 



„■ -~^_"~--* them, for 



they are the 



shyest 



m the J 



localities, returning to the -.-^^ jjB jpHtfg piBC" same 

 tree year after year. ~ '^Ssf --' Their cry 

 is not often heard; it has a "~ — — ~ peculiar gut- 

 tural quality not unlike that of a bittern. 



