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Mar., I9o7 AMONG THE PELICANS AN ADULT PELICAN JUST DROPPING INTO ROOKERY birds as they soared about. Then it was thrilling to see some of them descend with rigid, half-closed wings. They used the sky as a big toboggan-slide and dropped like meteors, leaving a trail of thunder. Several times when we first heard the sound, we were deceived into thinking it was the advance messenger of a heavy storm and jumped up expecting to see black clouds rising from behind the mountains. A HEAVY BIRD LIKE A PELICAN RISES FROM THE XVATER xVITH DIFFICULTY, AND USES ITS FE?T IN GETTING A START Copj'righled
