Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 449
rection, onothers in another direction. I think that they areapt to fly toward the point from which the windblows. Their favorite feeding-grounds arefreshly plowed fields. Often they follow directlybehind the plow, when it is a charming sight tosee the snowy-plumaged birds hover over theplowman and… … I9i6.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 267 half a mile in width —but not more than threeor four gulls deep. Or they may come home inV-shaped flocks with as many as sixty-five gullsin each arm of the V. But whether in long, bil-lowy lines or low-flying wedges, the flights of thegulls teach us in…
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