Show habits of a gull mr william brewster Brewst cr notes some in te resting features in tho the habits of a young kittiwake Kitti waLo waLe gull of the st lawrence he brought home a young 0 one gnp its mate having died of thirst thirsa the other one surviving through the accidental discovery that tile the bird drank only salt water doth both tho the birds obstinately refused to drink fresh water observations on oil this bird by professor A hyatt showed how slowly and timidly tim idl it acquired the art of swimming and and flying 0 the bird when first forced to fly was thrown into t lie air air i ind and to the surprise of professor hyatt flew cew with great rapidity and precision circling about the house and through the apple trees and finally flew near him several times in ill the greatest agitation till lie iio caught the bird which was corn exhausted for a long time the bird went through this maneuver showing that while it knew how bow to fly it could not alight though it finally acquired this faculty professor E S morse moise in popular science monthly |