The Bonaparte Gull 



'3 "!— ' ! ' : 



Taken in Santa Barbara 



FISHING 



Photo by the Author 



long a time a disgrace to the town, was invariably marked by a hovering 

 host of these depraved fairies. But convention will excuse anything, 

 as witness the costume of the bathing beach half a mile to westward. If 

 ladies may discard their clothing, or most of it, and "get away with it," 

 we will not pause to rebuke a bird for reverting to fashions still more 

 ancient. 



And apropos of mob psychology (in other words, fashion), I am re- 

 minded of the great consternation caused by the appearance of a Duck 

 Hawk over an assembly of Bonaparte Gulls upon the beach at Orella. 

 The Gulls rose in terror and kept together in a dense mass, each bird, 

 apparently, determined to keep in the center out of harm's way. Some 

 day — oh just some day — I'd like to see the Archangel Gabriel appearing 

 suddenly over the bathing beach ! 



Taken in Santa Barbara 



A FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACE 



NOTE THE APPEARANCE OF BIRDS IN NUPTIAL PLUMAGE 



Photo by the A uthor 

 1427 



