Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 498
aking them appear to have black ears. In the springthey suddenly disappear, going up the Rhone valley fora short time. Dorothy Turner (age 10). These are probably the black-headed gulls(Lanes ridibundiis). The black head is a char-acteristic of the summer plumage. This colordisappears in the autumn… … VERY FRIENDLY GULLS. Although some parts of this photograph are not sharply defined, chiefly because ofthe very rapid motion of the wings, it is published because it excellently shows the po-sitions of the wings in alighting, and also very expressively tells us of the friendliness ofthe birds as…
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