. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. BIRD ROCK 175 most exposed situations ;**'' and seeing them now for the first time in Nature, I was quite willing to accept the theory which has been advanced to account for their markedly toplike or pearlike shape. A round or elliptical egg, laid in the situations often chosen by the Murres, would, w h e n moved by the wind or incubat- ing bird, readily roll from its pre- carious position, but the pointed egg of the Murre when disturbed describes a circle
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. BIRD ROCK 175 most exposed situations ;**'' and seeing them now for the first time in Nature, I was quite willing to accept the theory which has been advanced to account for their markedly toplike or pearlike shape. A round or elliptical egg, laid in the situations often chosen by the Murres, would, w h e n moved by the wind or incubat- ing bird, readily roll from its pre- carious position, but the pointed egg of the Murre when disturbed describes a circle about its own end. Thus, like a dip- lomat, it seeming- ly yields to supe- rior force while retaining its orig- inal position. The eggs vary in color from greenish blue to Ijuff, and are strikingly scrawled and blotched with shades of chocolate. No two are alike, a fact which it is supposed may aid the parent Murre in distinguish- ing her own egg among the dozens with which it may be placed. The few eggs seen were doubtless laid by birds which had been robbed earlier in the season, but young were found in every stage, from the newly hatched downy chick,™ who sat on his narrow ledge. YiiLiu;^ Miii'j-Lri iiud e},^ 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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