200 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 
During no hour of the twenty-four did silence 
reign on Pelican Island; if I went on deck at mid- 
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104, Head and pouch of Brown Pelican. From a fresh specimen. 
night, the notes of some complaining or pugna- 
cious young Pelicans, who in their sleep had 
come into too close quarters, were sure to be 
heard. But the Pelicans’ day began at early dawn, 
when I could distinguish the diagonal files of 
from two to a dozen birds solemnly and silently 
starting out for the fishing grounds. One might 
think that, like a boat’s crew, their strokes were 
controlled by a coxswain, as in perfect unison 
they all flapped their broad wings for about ten 
