. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. CHAPTER XXXI GULLS AND TERNS AT HOME ^vj / /. Hekring Gull. Gull Island was only a great sand heap, anchored by rocks and covered with coarse grass ; but the children had hardly taken a few steps along the beach when they began to exclaim at the number of strange birds. Some were flying, others walking about on the sand, where there were many tufts of grass and mats of seaAveeds that looked as if they had been used for nests. Dodo nearly stepped upon a couple of greenish, dark-spotted eggs, that were nearly as large a
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. CHAPTER XXXI GULLS AND TERNS AT HOME ^vj / /. Hekring Gull. Gull Island was only a great sand heap, anchored by rocks and covered with coarse grass ; but the children had hardly taken a few steps along the beach when they began to exclaim at the number of strange birds. Some were flying, others walking about on the sand, where there were many tufts of grass and mats of seaAveeds that looked as if they had been used for nests. Dodo nearly stepped upon a couple of greenish, dark-spotted eggs, that were nearly as large as a Hen's. 408. 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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