. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. XII. -ffU)/'*''^ lONA, 2&th October 1852. I WAS disappointed to hear of the Petrels arriving in such bad condition, as I hoped that the post would have taken them quickly enough to prevent their being spoiled. I got another young one from the burrows on the 18 th of this month at Soay Island. It is quite free of down in the upper parts, but underneath he still retains a considerable amount, giving him the appearance of a bird sitting in a nest of wool. The pale bar across the wing is very distinctly marked. He is very active, and can fly perfectly wel
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. XII. -ffU)/'*''^ lONA, 2&th October 1852. I WAS disappointed to hear of the Petrels arriving in such bad condition, as I hoped that the post would have taken them quickly enough to prevent their being spoiled. I got another young one from the burrows on the 18 th of this month at Soay Island. It is quite free of down in the upper parts, but underneath he still retains a considerable amount, giving him the appearance of a bird sitting in a nest of wool. The pale bar across the wing is very distinctly marked. He is very active, and can fly perfectly well. At night his wings are in perpetual motion during his endeavours to escape from the box in which he is confined—so much so that he spoils the appearance of his quill feathers and tail very much; and so I want to send him off as soon as possible, though I should like to keep him till he is quite free of down. I give him a good deal of liberty, allowing him to ramble about the table the whole evening, the favourite time of activity. His habits are similar to those of the pair I last described, except. 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 Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
Size: 2383px × 1048px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1890
