The Bonaparte Gull 
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 
