. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. Among the Water Fowl left the New England shores, though some linger later, and I once saw a Tern-of the common species I took it to be-on Christmas day. The common or Wilson's Tern is our most abundant species, very similar in habits and appear- ance to the A
. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. Among the Water Fowl left the New England shores, though some linger later, and I once saw a Tern-of the common species I took it to be-on Christmas day. The common or Wilson's Tern is our most abundant species, very similar in habits and appear- ance to the Arctic Tern. It was years before I could tell them apart, and no one can always fe-1 sure. The former kind has a paler bill, with black at the tip, while the bill of the Arctic is all of a dark coral red, and its breast is usually darker than that of Its relative. What a delightful panorama it brings to niy mind to recall the various breeding colonies of this species that I have visited! Some were on various rocky islands of the coast of Maine, and suggest scenes of sunshine and fog, breeze and storm, wave and calm; others were at the Magda- len Islands—small groups of a dozen pairs or so on numerous lit- tle islands in the ponds, and es- pecially one great area of sand between the outer beach and the lagoon, where nests were scattered along for miles, con- j . , . structed with all grades of mechanical art, from a bare hollow in the sand to a substantial bed of grass or seaweed. Along the beach at this locality were feeding im- mature Herring, Great Black - backed, Glaucus, 142. •COWTRUCTBD WITH ALL GRADES OF MECHANICAL ART. FROM A BARB HOLLOW IN THE ; NEST OF COMMON TERN, MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 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 Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933. Toronto : Musson Book
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