. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. 94 THE BIRDS OF lONA AND MULL. very small bits of fish, crammed down on the end of a little stick; they took their food in this manner with great reluctance, but I soon discovered that they had a great partiality for cod-liver oil, and would suck a stick dipped in oil very willingly, blattering their beaks and shaking their heads with evident satisfaction. I should conclude from this that the Petrels feed their young with the oil, which they have the power of ejecting from their bills. The young birds made very rapid progress, and soon became tired of con
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. 94 THE BIRDS OF lONA AND MULL. very small bits of fish, crammed down on the end of a little stick; they took their food in this manner with great reluctance, but I soon discovered that they had a great partiality for cod-liver oil, and would suck a stick dipped in oil very willingly, blattering their beaks and shaking their heads with evident satisfaction. I should conclude from this that the Petrels feed their young with the oil, which they have the power of ejecting from their bills. The young birds made very rapid progress, and soon became tired of confinement, and were only pleased when allowed to walk about upon the table, though they could not rise off their knees. During the last few days that I had them they became quite fledged, though still retaining a great deal of wool upon their bodies; and they also became exceedingly active and restless, and -I- very much dissatisfied with confinement in the ki\^^%' box. Night and day their long powerful wings were in incessant motion in ~ their attempts to escape from the box. As soon. 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 Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
Size: 1598px × 1564px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1890
