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In the Cape Sable Wilderness 165 
A Young White Ibis.—These are dark in color, while young wood ibises are white. 
pelicans, with bodies as large and plump 
as the roundest pillows of the daintiest 
couch. I skulked along shore under shel- 
ter of the forest till I was delightfully near 
the unconscious birds, and ready for an ex- 
posure—when away they went, alarmed, 
evidently, by the boat. They alit about 
a mile off on a flat, where I stalked them 
under cover of an island and secured 
some telephoto pictures, though at longer 
range than I could wish. As soon as I 
showed myself, they 
were up and away. 
We visited in all 
four or five con 
nected lakes, exam 
ining a number of 
islands, but without 
finding any rook 
eries or breeding 
birds, or seeing any 
more white pelicans. 
These last were 
pleaty here a 
month ago, but 
they had now evi- 
dently departed for 
their northern 
breeding - grounds, 
and there is no like- 
lihood that the spe- 
cles ever breeds in 
Florida: Yetwe 
were glad that we visited this chain of lakes. 
Hawks and eagles circled about, herons 
and ibises flapped along, shore-birds of 
many interesting varieties prodded the mud 
and whistled their piping notes. In fact, 
nature was so lavish that, in one narrow 
place in the lake between an island and 
the shore, two young tarpon of fair size 
for eating leaped into the boat. 
After the rest of the party had returned 
home I camped for a week with a guide 
Young Wood Ibises in Nest. 
