. Field observations on British birds . - follows the middlestage where the body of the bird is really out of water altogether,the moment when his paddles are just leaving the water with his c 14 Cormorants kick off, and the beak is just meeting the water to complete the down-ward half of the semicircle which he describes (Fig. 3). They are able to stay under water for a great length of time—four or five minutes at least—and to travel during that time at agreat pace with or against the tide in any direction, using, as all. Fig. 3. these birds do, their wings as well as their feet to propel the
. Field observations on British birds . - follows the middlestage where the body of the bird is really out of water altogether,the moment when his paddles are just leaving the water with his c 14 Cormorants kick off, and the beak is just meeting the water to complete the down-ward half of the semicircle which he describes (Fig. 3). They are able to stay under water for a great length of time—four or five minutes at least—and to travel during that time at agreat pace with or against the tide in any direction, using, as all. Fig. 3. these birds do, their wings as well as their feet to propel themselveswith. Therefore, to those who would pursue a wounded Shag thatis diving strongly, I would offer the advice Dont; the chancesare all in favour of the bird. If vou compare the Cormorants method of diving with thatfollowed by one of the true Divers, , the Great Northern Diver,vou see how entirely different the two systems are.
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