. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 136 BIRD STUDIES WITH A C'AMEKA then setting up tlioir tables and " sjjlitting " the cod with suri)rising dexterity.''^ This industry resulted in a, singular habit among the Herring Gulls, which, when first seen, I was at a. r-j. Sjjiittili;.' coj cm IVrcc_- IkwIi. IV-ivc' Kock iu tliu JisUillc loss to explain. In a cultivated hillside bordering the town a flock of about fifty Gulls was observed eagerly devouring some food, whicli was apparently
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 136 BIRD STUDIES WITH A C'AMEKA then setting up tlioir tables and " sjjlitting " the cod with suri)rising dexterity.''^ This industry resulted in a, singular habit among the Herring Gulls, which, when first seen, I was at a. r-j. Sjjiittili;.' coj cm IVrcc_- IkwIi. IV-ivc' Kock iu tliu JisUillc loss to explain. In a cultivated hillside bordering the town a flock of about fifty Gulls was observed eagerly devouring some food, whicli was apparently abundant. " Grasshoppers," I thought, but on in- vestigation the grasshoppers proved to be entrails, heads, vertebrie, etc., of codfish, which had been strewn over tlie fields as fertilizer. Tlie Gulls took wing at my approach, and perched in long rows on the fences ; a curious sight, of which I tried, but failed, to secure a |)icti;re. It was thi-ough thes(! fields, and along the crests of the red sandstone cliffs noi'thwest 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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