. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 192 THE NATIONAI. GEOGRAPHIC .MAGAZINE. & ^^^â GRANNY â © 1905 William L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman 3.\RN OWL The eyes of the Owl are not in the side of the head, like those of the Sparrow, but in front, like the eyes of a man. An Owl has extraordinary organs of sight, for he can adjust them to see during the day or in the dark of the night. tules had grown up for several genera- tions. The heav)' growth of each year shoots up through the dead stalks of the preceding season. On the top of this the Pelicans, Gulls, Cormorant
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 192 THE NATIONAI. GEOGRAPHIC .MAGAZINE. & ^^^â GRANNY â © 1905 William L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman 3.\RN OWL The eyes of the Owl are not in the side of the head, like those of the Sparrow, but in front, like the eyes of a man. An Owl has extraordinary organs of sight, for he can adjust them to see during the day or in the dark of the night. tules had grown up for several genera- tions. The heav)' growth of each year shoots up through the dead stalks of the preceding season. On the top of this the Pelicans, Gulls, Cormorants, and Terns had perched and trodden down the tules. These precarious footholds were our only camping spots during the two weeks we cruised the Lower Klamath. These days were full of hardship. The water of the lake contained so much sedi- ment and alkali that it had to be boiled. while the only fuel we had was the little we carried in the boat. The first morning out, we tried wetting down the tules and making a small fire on top. Before we could get anything cooked, the whole foundation was ablaze and coffee-pot and frying-pan had to be used to check the flames. After that we always sought a place where the tules could he cleared away and a fire made on the water-soaked roots even with the sur- face of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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