. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . ore than5,000 miles in an air-line. It is fair to suppose that early in thecourse of the eastward extension amongthe Pacific islands, the plover began toshorten the roundabout journey by flightsfrom the northern islands to easternAsia, and finally to Japan (Xo. 2). Themost northern island is Palmyra, and theflight from there westward to the nearestof the Marshall Islands is about 2,000miles; thence a 3,000-mile journey, withseveral possible rests, brings the birds toTa])an. It is easily possible that birds accus-to
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . ore than5,000 miles in an air-line. It is fair to suppose that early in thecourse of the eastward extension amongthe Pacific islands, the plover began toshorten the roundabout journey by flightsfrom the northern islands to easternAsia, and finally to Japan (Xo. 2). Themost northern island is Palmyra, and theflight from there westward to the nearestof the Marshall Islands is about 2,000miles; thence a 3,000-mile journey, withseveral possible rests, brings the birds toTa])an. It is easily possible that birds accus-tomed to this 5,000-mile flight might bedriven by storms a thousand miles outof their course and discover from Hawaii they attempted toreach Japan (No. 3) they would find achain of islands stretching for 1,700miles in the desired direction, and thefinal flight of 2,000 miles from the lastof these—the Midway Islands—to Japanwould be no longer than previous flightsto which they had become accustomed. Having: once learned the route from OITt GRKATEST TRAVKLKRS 189. MAP TO EXPLAIN now TIIK GOLDUN PLOVER IS AULK !<• NAVIGATE TO THE HAWAIIANISLANDS IN THE MID-PACIFIC (SEE PAGES iSj AND l88) The longest ocean trip witlnnit any possibility of resting is shown in this map. This isthe same distance as traversed by the Atlantic plover, but the latter can get to land when introuble. The dotted lines along the Arctic coast show the breeding range of the bird. the Midway Islands to Japan, it wouldbe natural that the place of alighting onthe Asiatic coast should be graduallycarried north and cast until the directflight was made from the Midway Is-lands to the Aleutians (No. 4). A natu-ral and easy carrying of this line east-ward woukl result in the present route(No. 5) between Hawaii and Alaska. NEIGHBORS AND STRANGERS Both the American and Pacific goldenplovers nest in Alaska near Bering Strait, the former on the north and the latteron the south side of the strait. TheAmer
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