Show learning to ily fly in flying as in bicycle riding 0 tho the points point s of oc greatest difficulty are the starting and abill the stopping ping professor hyatt describes in an interesting manner the first lesson of a tame kittiwake L gull after a long 0 probation in trying his wings at last several times in ill calm wea weather ther lie flew as high as the after rail I 1 about a foot and lighted upon it but made lade no to effort to go overboard finall finally Y on a calm day daj lie lia was v js placed in the water v ater but lie showed ea great tot terror swim ing n doss close to the boat and was soon t aken ken in again ii lie ile did not seem to become accustomed to tile tho water until lie ho had readied reached annis quam and had acquired considerable consider abl of flight 11 evidently preferring liis iii bath in a bucket ile he appe spared ared to be terrified also when first bathed in a bucket but when placed in a basin where lie could stand with his f ti lebot bottom to in 7 took much pleasure preisur in in bathing after lie ho I bichama a cagne more accustomed to tile water the alie bucket was vas again brought into use mid and then it was successful the wide expanse of the sea or tile absence of a foothold seemed to flu fill him with I 1 terror i lie ile made no efforts to ard card prolonged flight until one day after our return to annisquam Anni squam I 1 took liim him 10 the door anil I 1 threw him gently front from an all elevation of about ten tell feg feet i instead oi bivin flying slowly to the ground as I 1 had anticipated ted the bird hailed off a hundred feet at least turned flew lack back ov ertho house and through the trees avoiding obstacles and soaring with perfect cassand case and very swift motion round and roun dUhe the area areas of the house A I 1 very soon hov lio ever wever lie began to approach reach close to tile me and scream as it if in distress it was evident that lie he was vas tired and ivis wished lied to alight but did not know liow how to stop finally Fina liy by by suddenly throwing 0 up my arms as is he car camo no toward roe ine I 1 succeeded in in arresting him and lie ho literally tumbled a against ga I 1 its amea me and lid fell on t the he ground his excitement v as very great and would have started again ag a in of hu I 1 own accord abc acc lad if I 1 I 1 had not LAI and quieted him he C was 1 wildrith wild with delight S I 1 I 1 started hini again 4 when rested and I 1 p precisely tile the same scene was re enacted ii and lie he did not learn to alight alit by himself ilenise until after several flights 4 |