. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . ut by numerous rock-bound bays and harbors, protected by rugged promontories, anddotted with many attractive islands, where forests of pointed firsand spruces grow almost down to the waters edge. It well deservesits popularity, for I can not imagine a more delightful coast for asummer cruise. Not the least of its attractions is this beautiful littlesea pigeon, so common about all the rocky islands and harbors,where it skims away in front of us in a wide circle, flying close tothe water, with its trim, little, black body swiftl
. Life histories of North American diving birds : order Pygopodes . ut by numerous rock-bound bays and harbors, protected by rugged promontories, anddotted with many attractive islands, where forests of pointed firsand spruces grow almost down to the waters edge. It well deservesits popularity, for I can not imagine a more delightful coast for asummer cruise. Not the least of its attractions is this beautiful littlesea pigeon, so common about all the rocky islands and harbors,where it skims away in front of us in a wide circle, flying close tothe water, with its trim, little, black body swiftly propelled by therapid movements of its wings, the white wing patches flashing in thesunlight and the bright red feet showing behind. It is interestingto watch it as it rises from the water ahead of the boat, flying for-ward at first until well ahead of us, then swinging in a long curveto one side, and finally dropping into the water again far astern;every bird seems to fly in exactly the same course, almost never flying U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 107 PL. 30. Seal Island, Nova Scotia. A. C. Bent.
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