. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Red Phalarope. Taken in Merced County the first three operations follow in automatic se- quence as the result of one volition, we have at least four volitions for each cycle,—twenty per second — rather rapid thinking! "The birds are fast livers, and they void the cloaca at inter- vals of two or three min- utes, roughly guessed. The excreta are chiefly vivid rose red with an attendant portion of pure white—the same in color, by the way, as
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Red Phalarope. Taken in Merced County the first three operations follow in automatic se- quence as the result of one volition, we have at least four volitions for each cycle,—twenty per second — rather rapid thinking! "The birds are fast livers, and they void the cloaca at inter- vals of two or three min- utes, roughly guessed. The excreta are chiefly vivid rose red with an attendant portion of pure white—the same in color, by the way, as that cast by the Murres on the east wall of Shu- brick point. "As I said, these birds will do anything for me. By stealthy ap- proach and good behav- ior I have won their complete confidence, taking all the pictures wanted at focal length, the birds passing repeat- edly within that distance as the camera is pointed diagonally down at them. After using up my plates I lay down by the water's edge, and the birds repeatedly came nearer to my face than my hands were. Also when I stretched my hand out slowly into the water, they came within a foot of it, and, once, within six inches. And yet they are per- fectly cognizant of the birdman's presence, and give a little start or warning peep every time an unusual movement occurs, or the slightest sound escapes ; We are told that these birds breed in immense numbers within the Arctic Circle, and that they are invariably found among those breeding farthest north. Their presence, also, is characteristic of open water any- where in the Arctic Ocean; and it is hailed with delight by whalers as being a good indication of the near presence of some large cetacean, especially of fi/6 Photo by the Author SPRING CLOTHES NORTHERN PHALAROPE IN BREEDING PLUMAGE. 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
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