Nere is TAlt f* 181 "* 1 ^ P* sed * a£ « *r our pleasure and admiration. If 

 un5ori41n +V , n ° th6y faCS in Vari ° US direction^ there is no 



lheZTr-TL \ -l &nkB ' If there is a hi S h wind > however, they turn towards 

 and IZuZ Till l^iZf t0 *-* ° f ^ 



mlk Ih ? must be a considerable difference between the acuity of vision in- 

 bLT* m f Pr epared at the moment to discus this matter, but I have never 



* ? ffP eat a " experiment I made some years ago on the species — L. 

 g^bundus, I think, - that is abundant on the Lake of Geneva. E. and I ~ 

 TZLl X f g our niece Earjorie, then in school at Lausanne and during our 

 lat7, I ^ v 7 &nd ° ther res °rts along the lake shore it was my habit to 



all +h i^ 8 \ g ° f & ra P es wh i0^ to feed the gulls. Parenthetically, 



rntJ it acquaintance I have made are very fond of grapes. I soon 



thS x h T ^ Uld hawk the fruit thrown one^by one into the air. I 



tw v * ^ h ° W Sml1 an ob j ect could be seen and o^S** ^ midair by 

 i^+r+h dls °over that the smallest grape in my collection when tossed 



;"! p ;:' a !, r was retrieved before it reached the water. I have not been able 

 repeat, that little experiment with any of our Western or California Gulls. 



.r a +ori R !f e o ri u g ° nCe ffl0re to the Black-headed gulls whose acquaintance I culti- 

 Blatv t 7 nearly tVenty y ears a S°> they *°t be mistaken for our 



i+hf« ■ ° r Lau & hin S G ull ( L. atricilla ). Both are quite common biFds 

 nl»mi r respective ranges, but the Swiss species is much smaller and its 



ltZyL m °l G °? ar e ed with °**<* than the American variety. Perhaps I was 

 *Z vl a f th ° Se to v/hom m y foraer teacher in the London Hospital, 

 llsl+Zl """I ck Treves, refers in his charming book, "The Late of Geneva," as 

 art J!^LY S ° P ersiGt ently fed these (Black-headed) gulls that they 



of Wisl\";porred I^LT^ ^ ' ^ ^ * 



thPv l^^^^* lafgS ob 3 ects ^ be seized by some Western Gulls before 

 m5, V + e !^ h WaS demo ^trated to my satisfaction by a certain picnic 

 SexLa^ rirn S * T QVe ^ y Were half ^ reed s - ^om we encountered on the 

 breSlS nl^r ? + Islands « These uninhabited islets are the resorts and 

 Pleatrl llT °^ th ° USandS ° f Sea Mrds > and are occasionally visited by 

 llTTllrl l I ^ the ******** On this particular occasion a friend 

 avtfauna W" *T ° n theSe ' ,knif Q - blade " u P lifts > their 



wire la L It* rL ^ th ! f lddle ° f the deeding season and hundreds of nestlings 

 IZte or four w£ taklng * the "taking" had been excellent for ? 



pockets sfuS^ M 1 ^ m l eS in thS part y ^^tioned, because they had their 

 Jlaylullv tSew oil £led ^ s of se ^al and sizes, which they 



them. Vew Tf the H$ ^ ■ T™ 1 tC the b ° iiin 6 0Cean beneath 



the hot+Z f the helpless vxctims of this savage form of sport ever reached 



them IT ^ ' ^f Sry instance that I observed a Western Gull, caught 

 Sis ^^lo° • f d f GS /° r the feast « 1 draw the ^il of dece^cv over 



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