. The book of birds; common birds of town and country and American game birds . arbler that theeggs obtained by Mr. Seton more than25 years ago still remain unique. Incidentally, this route of the Connec-ticut w^arbler is a conclusive argumentagainst the theory that migration routesindicate the original pioneer path bywhich the birds invaded the region oftheir present summer homes. THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS FLIGHT INTHE WORLD 2,500 MILES Such elliptical migration routes as thatmentioned above are rare among landbirds, but are used and on a far largerscale by many water birds, notableamong which i
. The book of birds; common birds of town and country and American game birds . arbler that theeggs obtained by Mr. Seton more than25 years ago still remain unique. Incidentally, this route of the Connec-ticut w^arbler is a conclusive argumentagainst the theory that migration routesindicate the original pioneer path bywhich the birds invaded the region oftheir present summer homes. THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS FLIGHT INTHE WORLD 2,500 MILES Such elliptical migration routes as thatmentioned above are rare among landbirds, but are used and on a far largerscale by many water birds, notableamong which is the golden plover. Thisspecies nests along the Arctic coast ofNorth America, and as soon as the youngare old enough to care for themselvesfall migration is begun by a trip to theLabrador coast, where the plover fat-tens for several weeks on the abundantnative fruits. A short trip across theGulf of St. Lawrence brings it to XovaScolia. the starting point for its extra-ordinary ocean flight, due south to thecoast of South .icrica (page 180). sn ()L-R (;riv\test tra\i{li:rs.
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