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ItlRI) STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



Duriiiu: no hour of the twenty-four did silence 

 reis'u on Pulicau Island ; if I went on deck at mid- 



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night, tlio notes of some comjilaining or jiugna- 

 cious young Pelicans, who in their sleeji had 

 come into too close cjuarters, were sure t(i l)e 

 heard. But tlie Pelicans" day began at early dawn, 

 wlien I could distinguish the diagonal liles of 

 from two to a doz(.Mi bii'ds solemnly and silently 

 starting out for the fishing groTinds. One might 

 tliink that, lik(^ a boat's cri^w, their strokes were 

 controlled by a coxswain, as in perfect unison 

 they all lla])]ir(l theii- liro.-ul wings for al)Oid ten 



