. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Dovekie IuIp greenish blut^ are sooty brown, and the under parts are white,as are also the tips of the secondaries and edgesof the scapulars. They nest in large numberson the Rocky cliffs of islands in the East single pale greenish blue egg is placed ina crevice of the rocks. Size Data.—Greenland, June 8, 1S93. Single egg laid in acrevice of a sea MURRB—White, buff, or dpi-p grecnisli LONG-WINGED SWIMME
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Dovekie IuIp greenish blut^ are sooty brown, and the under parts are white,as are also the tips of the secondaries and edgesof the scapulars. They nest in large numberson the Rocky cliffs of islands in the East single pale greenish blue egg is placed ina crevice of the rocks. Size Data.—Greenland, June 8, 1S93. Single egg laid in acrevice of a sea MURRB—White, buff, or dpi-p grecnisli LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. Order II. LONGIPENNESSKUA AND JAEGERS. Family STERCORARIIDAE Skuas and JaBgers are birds having a Gull or Tern-like form and with a Iiook-ed bill, tlie base of wliicli is covered with a scaly shield. They have webbedfeet and are able to swim and dive, but they commonly get their living bypreying upon the Gulls and Terns, overtaking them by their superior speedand by their strength and ferocity forcing them to relinquish their food. TheJaegers especially are one of the swiftest and most grat-eful birds that fly. .35 THE BIRD BOOK , \~
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1914
