. Bird-lore . n October,1915, at the beginning of the subantarctic spring. From this point, he writesthat it is possible to mount a horse and visit three species of Penguins ontheir nesting-ground and return the same day. . From Port Stanley, Beck went by sloop to the doubtless well-namedBleaker Island, about 75 miles farther south. This island, he states, is about twelve miles long by one wide and is devotedwholly to sheep-raising, supporting about three thousand sheep. Here he foundthe Gentoo Penguins landing on the south side of the island, walking a mileover their accustomed path, passing
. Bird-lore . n October,1915, at the beginning of the subantarctic spring. From this point, he writesthat it is possible to mount a horse and visit three species of Penguins ontheir nesting-ground and return the same day. . From Port Stanley, Beck went by sloop to the doubtless well-namedBleaker Island, about 75 miles farther south. This island, he states, is about twelve miles long by one wide and is devotedwholly to sheep-raising, supporting about three thousand sheep. Here he foundthe Gentoo Penguins landing on the south side of the island, walking a mileover their accustomed path, passing at times through flocks of feeding sheep—a strange association—to their nests within a few hundred yards of the water,but on the opposite side of the island from that on which they landed. Mr. Becks article is illustrated with a large nuniljcr of admirable photo-graphs, several of which, thanks to his courtesy and that of the .\mericanMuseum Journal, we are permitted to reproduce in Copyris^ht by R. 77. BeckNESTING-SITE OF THE BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSSIrom till lime that a steamer leaves Valparaiso on tbe west coast on its return voyage to Europearounri the southern shores of South America and up as far as Buenos Aires on the east coast, there isprobably not a day during the winter season that Albatrosses may not be seen from its decks. While themagnificent Wandering .\lbatross, with his incomparable flight, is often seen, the commonest species isthe Black-browed Albatross. There are several colonies of the Black-browed Albatross to be found in theFalkland Islands, and one or two about Cape Horn. The illustration shows a typical nest placed hundredsof feet above the tumultuous sea, close to the edge of a cliff on West Point Island in the Falklands. Thebowl-shaped nest of the Albatross resembles that of the Flamingo, being built mostly of mud picked upnear-by. Many nests are used year after year and are built up gradually to a considerable height. Theyoung
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