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lsland ^ are interesting birds^ tu wafra i ^ H^=we evidently keen- 
^ witted and observin^and full of resources in the matter of obtain — 
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ing food. When we first came here on June 4th they foragettfchief- 
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lj* in the fanning landsjbn Upton Hill* During the past two or three 
days they have given most of their attention to the lake shores which 
the falling water, is fast claying bare in many places. Nearly all 
the members of the colony spent the greater part of to-day on the 
floating logs and drift vrood in Stony Brook Cove directly to the lea** 
ward of our house boat. I was puzzled at first^to know what they 
could be getting there until Gilbert suggested that they might 
be attracted by various kinds of refuse food which he had thrown 
overboard early in the morning. On watching them closely through 
my glass I found that thii was the case* I saw them inspect and 
peck at some orange peel and seize and devour p ieces of bread, 
a time they confined their attention to food that had reached the 
^ shore but while we were at dinner and during much of the afternoon 
they were hovering over the water not far from the boat and inter¬ 
cepting whatever acceptable morsels we sent that way. I broke several 
crackers into small fragments and cast them on the water. When the 
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