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Scientific American, Vol. 77, No. 18 (1897) (1897)
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so vast that it fairly handled were strong and powerful and used their sharp the bill aloft, then swallows the morsels with self-con- colored the air. Every bird had a long bill, and it sud- beaks to good advantage. gratulatory wagging of the diminutive tail, suggestive denly dawned upon us that… … feast. The laughing gull, common in these waters, preys upon the pelican or robs it systematically whenever it can. This it accomplishes by alighting on the pelican’s head or back as it rises, and as the clumsy bird attempts to arrange the morsel in its mouth © 1897 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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