. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . 0. W. How-dor, May, one hun-a-quartermade ourreaching themade ourof the clifftrees wererope to oaks,feet to a shelf-likestanding just abovewhere the cliff over-About four feet to onethe rock, and by jerking theabove me I could let myselfdid to a point opposite therather a risky undertaking asalong the face of the cliff, andin one hand and the sharpin the other, at the same timeto steady
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . 0. W. How-dor, May, one hun-a-quartermade ourreaching themade ourof the clifftrees wererope to oaks,feet to a shelf-likestanding just abovewhere the cliff over-About four feet to onethe rock, and by jerking theabove me I could let myselfdid to a point opposite therather a risky undertaking asalong the face of the cliff, andin one hand and the sharpin the other, at the same timeto steady myself. By keepinghold I could lean over just farsee that the nest contained eggs,how managed to squeeze intohead first. The nest was aboutfrom the entrance in a depression inrock, with no nesting material exceptfeathers of the old bird and small 355. Pkairie Falcon. 11 Not even the bald eaglecan strike such terror to o,frock of arouse? BIRDS OF PREY 147 bones and hair of the smaller quadrupeds; also a numberof pellets ejected by the old birds. I am certain thatboth birds occupy the nesting cavity at night, for therewas a depression in the end of the cavity which showedsigns of being occupied by one of
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