. Le ali selvagge; avventure di un cacciatore di telecamere tra i più grandi uccelli selvatici del Nord America in mare e terra. Come doneby il nostro soggiorno sull'isola, con l'esercizio di una piccola cura, gli uccelli non ha preso in considerazione la nostra presenza a tutti, fintanto che abbiamo kett30 piedi o più dalla zona di nidificazione. A un solo punto la proposta è stata fatta per avere cena. Teresa mangiò senza di me, perché ho detto loro che sembrava poco breve di sacrilegio perdere un solo momento di quelle brevi, preziose, ore d'oro nella terra delle meraviglie per una cosa così dolorosa che si mangia, che si poteva fare in qualsiasi altro momento. Così digiunai, andlavorai fino a che navigassimo

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. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . as doneby our stay on the island, with the exercise of a little care, forthe birds did not mind our presence at all, as long as we keptthirty feet or more from the nesting area. At one oclock the proposal was made to have dinner. Therest ate without me, for I told them it seemed little short ofsacrilege to lose a single moment of those brief, precious, golden hours in the wonder-land for such a sordid thing aseating, that one could do at any other time. So I fasted, andworked until we sailed away. During the day the wind had steadily increased, and allthe afternoon had been blowing a gale down the river. Aewaited in vain for it to veer to southeast, as it usuallv doesby night, and at length had to start on our long, hard beat to CITIES OF THE BROWN PELICANS 15 windward. Our craft was a wretched sea-boat. Every wavebroke completely over her, and in a moment we were allsoaked to the skin. By dark we had hardly made four miles, and were almost perishing with cold — yes, even in Florida!. ADULT AND YOUNG PELICANS ON NESTS IN MANGROVE liUSHES We debated leaving the boat, walking across the peninsulaand up the ocean beach. But the thought of stepping onrattlesnakes in the dark deterred us, and we pounded wearilyalong. The night was dark indeed when the wind canteda few points to the eastward, and at about eleven oclock, weary, shivering, hungry, we reached Oak Lodge again, not sorry, however, that we had visited Pelican Island. i6 WILD WINGS About two weeks later I made the trip again with anotherfriend who had joined us. This time the day was perfect, with a fair wind both ways, and nothing could have beenmore comfortable and enjoj^able. Upon our return, ourboarding-mistress, Mrs. Latham, entertained us with heraccounts of how she secured some live pelicans for the BronxPark (New York) aviary. She sat among the nests on darknights covered with brush and stubble, and,

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