General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . very interesting forms amongwhich the penguins are outstanding. Thegroup shows an assemblage of King Pen-guins on the island of South Georgia,1200 miles east of Cape Horn. Among theother characteristic species are the Wil-sons Petrel (one of the birds known tosailors as Mother Careys Chickens), theKelp Gull, Giant Fulmar, the curiousSheathbill, and (painted) the Wander-ing Albatross. East African Plains. The easterly thirdof Africa is largely a grassy country dottedwith thorny bushes and trees. The Kid-ong Valley
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . very interesting forms amongwhich the penguins are outstanding. Thegroup shows an assemblage of King Pen-guins on the island of South Georgia,1200 miles east of Cape Horn. Among theother characteristic species are the Wil-sons Petrel (one of the birds known tosailors as Mother Careys Chickens), theKelp Gull, Giant Fulmar, the curiousSheathbill, and (painted) the Wander-ing Albatross. East African Plains. The easterly thirdof Africa is largely a grassy country dottedwith thorny bushes and trees. The Kid-ong Valley, scene of the group, lies some40 miles northwest of Nairobi, KenyaColony, in the Great Rift Valley thatextends from northern Tanganyika tothe Red Sea and southern Palestine. TheOstrich, Marabou, Bustard, Courser,Secretary Bird, Hoopoe, Coly, and Larkshown in the group are typical of theplains region though some of the otherbirds shown have close relatives in theforests. Gilt of Mr. Henry W. Sage. Congo Forest Group. The equatorialforests along the Congo River in western [86]. _-*«v BIRO LIFE OF THE GOBI Africa are rich in bird-life. As in othertropical forests, many species of birdsoften band together in loosely mixedflocks that roam the woods for insectsand other food, searching from theground to the tops of the trees. The ex-hibit shows such an assemblage togetherwith other inhabitants of the region. Thescene is at Lukolela, about 500 miles up-stream from the mouth of the CongoRiver. Presented by Mrs. Dwight ArvenJones. Gobi Group. The extensive desert ofcentral Asia, known as The Gobi, con-tains a number of brackish lakes, withoutoutlets and fed by surface and under-ground streams from mountains such asthe Altai Range shown in the back-ground. The climate is cold except for abrief summer, and the bird-life consistslargely of migrant species that go southfor the winter, as the Demoiselle Crane,Great Bustard, and Ruddy Raven remains throughout the inte
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