Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 392
ie through in-juries received while trying to escape fromtourists who visit the island and thoughtlesslychase the young birds about. The usualnumber of eggs laid by the pelicans is three,but assuming that all hatch, it is not probablethat more than one half the young live toreach maturity. Hence we… … A CHOKUS OK BARKS, CROAKS, AND SCREAMS. 2581 birds on the wing or on foot. But thisnumber is to be increased by the 154 youngthat were still in the nests, making the totalpopulation of Pelicantown 2735. This calculation, however, does not takeinto account the eggs found, from whichalmost hourly…
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