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Mar., 1907
AMONG THE PELICANS
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AN ADULT PELICAN JUST DROPPING INTO ROOKERY

birds as they soared about. Then it was thrilling to see some of them descend with rigid, half-closed wings. They used the sky as a big toboggan-slide and dropped like meteors, leaving a trail of thunder. Several times when we first heard the sound, we were deceived into thinking it was the advance messenger of a heavy storm and jumped up expecting to see black clouds rising from behind the mountains.

Portland, Oregon.

A HEAVY BIRD LIKE A PELICAN RISES FROM THE WATER
WITH DIFFICULTY, AND USES ITS FEET
IN GETTING A START

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