. 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 CAMERA tlieu setting up tlieir tables and " splitting '" the cod Trith surprising ; This industry resulted in a singuhir habit among the Herring Gulls, which, when first seen, I was at a. ^plittin^ ood on Peroe heaoli. Perce Kook in the distance. loss to explain. In a cultivated hillside bordering the town a flock of about fifty Gulls was observed eagerly devouring some food, which was apparently abundaut. &
. 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 CAMERA tlieu setting up tlieir tables and " splitting '" the cod Trith surprising ; This industry resulted in a singuhir habit among the Herring Gulls, which, when first seen, I was at a. ^plittin^ ood on Peroe heaoli. Perce Kook in the distance. loss to explain. In a cultivated hillside bordering the town a flock of about fifty Gulls was observed eagerly devouring some food, which was apparently abundaut. "' Grasshoppiers," I thought, but on in- vestigation the grasshoppers proved to be entrails, heads, vertebr;p, etc., of codfish, which had been strewn over the fields as fertilizer. The Gulls took wing at my approach, and pierched in long rows on the fences ; a curious sight, of which I tried, but failed, to secure a picture. It was through these fields, and along the crests of the red sandstone cliffs northwest 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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