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the outer approach and the outside shore. As darkness approached, there 
was a flock of gulls of about four to eight hundred that apparently seemed 
to be resting, and many of them with their heads under their wings, 
sleeping. The observer would have gambled that this was the spot 
where they had chosen to sleep that night. There were other small 
bunches that were equally comfortable on the ice, some on the shore, 
some on the roof of the coal 
dock, and some scattered | | 
all around; but just at the : | 
very last glimpses of day- 
light, every bird rose si- 
lently in the air and started 
to fly, and in spite of all the 
observations that could be 
made, they simply seemed 
to evaporate and melt away 
without going in any de- 
cided direction. The shores 
were searched with a flash- 
light for the next two or 
three hours all about the 
harbor and up and down 
the shore for a mile or two 
in either direction, yet not 
a single bird was found. 
We have searched a num- 
ber of times but up to date 
we have never found where 
the gulls sleep at night. 
If anyone knows of a 
breeding site, or 1s willing 
to help in this banding cam- 
paign, it will be greatly 
appreciated if he would 
write to W. I. Lyon, Secretary, 124 Washington Street, Waukegan, 
Illinois. 





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