. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 34 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD ORDER IX.—LARIFORMES. P. 32. LARTDAS (21), TERNS, NODDIES, GULLS, Skim- mers, 125 sp.—32(13)A., 35(3)0., 45(1)P., 42(6)E., 43(5)Nc., 46(19)N1. 2 64 Whiskered Tern (Marsli), Hydrochelidon fluviatilis 4 (liyhrida), Eur. (Br.) to Chimi, Malay, Afr. to A. r. swamps {inland) Head black; upper, wings, tail light-gray; face, throat, tail white; chest dark-gray; abdomen black; bill blood- red; winter, head grayish-white; f., sim. Water- insects, small fish. 11 bird as he disappears
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 34 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD ORDER IX.—LARIFORMES. P. 32. LARTDAS (21), TERNS, NODDIES, GULLS, Skim- mers, 125 sp.—32(13)A., 35(3)0., 45(1)P., 42(6)E., 43(5)Nc., 46(19)N1. 2 64 Whiskered Tern (Marsli), Hydrochelidon fluviatilis 4 (liyhrida), Eur. (Br.) to Chimi, Malay, Afr. to A. r. swamps {inland) Head black; upper, wings, tail light-gray; face, throat, tail white; chest dark-gray; abdomen black; bill blood- red; winter, head grayish-white; f., sim. Water- insects, small fish. 11 bird as he disappears in the hollow between the waves, and catch him again as he rises over the crest; but how he rises, and whence comes the propelling force, are to the eye inexplicable; he alters merely the angle at which the wings are inclined. . ." Gould considered that many of these birds circumnavigate the globe many times. They follow ships for days together. Albatrosses are sometimes caught by those on board ship. One means of protection employed by these birds is to discharge a considerable quantity of oily matter at an intruder. This has led sailors to declare that the bird is "; Some claim that this is not done for protection, but is due to fright. The members of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, when on a trip in the Manawatu to the Bass Strait Islands found it tantalizing to see the beautiful Shy Albatrosses sitting on their. 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 Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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