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Title: The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928 Bowles, John Hooper Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946
Subjects: Birds -- Washington (State)
Publisher: Seattle : Occidental Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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uction Island. Authorities.—Baird and Lawrence, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX. 1858. p.843. T. C&S. L. Rh. Kk, B. E. Specimens.—P. Prov. B. BN. E. TO the West-sider at least, there is no bird \\liM>e appearance calls iii) inre\iew such a swift pageant of beauty and romance as that of the Glaucous-winged (juII. The inhabitant of a seaport town knows him as an hahitiie ofharbor and wharfage; the excinsionist knows liim as a picturesque accompani-ment of tra\-el by water; while the ad\enturer knows him as the rightfulowner of those storied battlements of stone which line and guard our westernshores. To the city man, especially, the gull is the one visible point of contact withthe Great Beyond of Nature. Pray, consider what a bene\olent miracle it isthat these most inii)ro\ident of Gods creatures, the birds, are impelled to loiterfor a season about the doorste)) of a great city. These thronging docks up-borne b\^ close-set i)iles. and housing the wares of Occident and Ind, wdiat are
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Taken on Carroll Islet, one of the Olympiades. Photo by IV. Leon Danson. THE HOME OF THE GLAUCOUS-WTxNGED GULL. 7i6 THE GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. lliey l)ui tlu \cry raiiiparis nf (irdi-r, tlie synilx ilical hri-astworUs of orgaiiizedluiinan iiiduvlry iinw inilltiiniuiiis cild! And \cl. upun a wcmxU-ii pedotal hard1)\ sits a gull, serene, sedate, unhurried, a son of the wilderness gazing u))on\nii with level e\e, and rebuking l)y his very blue-gray calm the pomp andmadness of men. ^()U lia\e esca))ed for the nonce from the counting-room fetid withusuridus plots: his Inisiness has always been conducted in the open, his manvfarings Iiscil \)y the sun. and his lodging places ))urilied In- the gentle rains. \ c5u are con-cerned aboutyour cloth-ing, and youdress labori-o u s 1 y forthe occa-sion ; hiswardri;)be is.always on hisb a c k, well-lilting, sea-sonable, and CO r r ec t.Nl lu, poorIninian. arew o r r i e dalmut the in-creased costof living;M is Opu-lence, theGull, faresfat on what)0u s

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