. Guide leaflet. he three great LifeZones which go to make up the faunal regions of North America arethus represented in this one group, which may be said to epitomize allthe other groups contained in this hall. The studies for this view of Mount Orizaba were made at (!ordova(altitude 3,500 feet) at the upper border of the Tropical Zone. Theprimeval tropical forest having long since been cut off in this region, itwas necessary to descend to a level of about 1,000 feet, near Motzo-rongo, to secure studies for the forest depiet< d. The accompanyingview of the Rio Blanco was also made near thi
. Guide leaflet. he three great LifeZones which go to make up the faunal regions of North America arethus represented in this one group, which may be said to epitomize allthe other groups contained in this hall. The studies for this view of Mount Orizaba were made at (!ordova(altitude 3,500 feet) at the upper border of the Tropical Zone. Theprimeval tropical forest having long since been cut off in this region, itwas necessary to descend to a level of about 1,000 feet, near Motzo-rongo, to secure studies for the forest depiet< d. The accompanyingview of the Rio Blanco was also made near this point, from which MountOrizaba may be seen in the same relation as it is here painted. The birds contained in this group are representative species of thetropical portions of the State of Vera Cruz. They have been selectedto show the tropical character of the bird-life of this region, rather thanthe bird-life of any particular part of it: and represent but a small partof the avifauna of several hundred A GLIMPSE OF COBBS ISLANDBackground by Walter Cox. Birds by H. C. Denslow. 2. SUMMER BIRD-LIFE OF COBBS ISLAND, VIRGINIA A SHELL-STREWN sand-bar seven miles long and about the samedistance from the mainland, Cobbs Island, off eastern Virginia,is an ideal resort for sea-birds. Here they are beyond the reachof most bird enemies, while the surrounding waters furnish an unfail-ing supply of food. The home of the birds has little or no value as real estate; they themselves are unfit for food, and it might have beensupposed that their continued existence was assured, but about thirty-five years ago they suddenly acquired a commercial value. Their plum-age became fashionable for millinery purposes. As a result, thousandsof birds were slaughtered on their nesting-ground, and within a fewseasons some of the most abundant species were practically exterminated. At no place were more birds killed than on Cobbs Island and theislands immediately adjoining it. In a single day, 1,200
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