. Bird life in an Arctic spring. The diaries of Dan Meinertzhagen and R. P. Hornby. 58 Dan Meinertzhagen's Diary. when we came to a broadening of the river with many small islands. On one of these, about three yards from the waters' edge, I took a pair of Black-throated Diver's eggs, and on another about two yards from the edge, a pair of Red-throated Diver's eggs; there being in neither case a nest, only a flat place made on the grass, and a flat run down to the waters' On neither occasion could I catch a glimpse of the birds. There were several pairs of Golden Eyes up the river, and I
. Bird life in an Arctic spring. The diaries of Dan Meinertzhagen and R. P. Hornby. 58 Dan Meinertzhagen's Diary. when we came to a broadening of the river with many small islands. On one of these, about three yards from the waters' edge, I took a pair of Black-throated Diver's eggs, and on another about two yards from the edge, a pair of Red-throated Diver's eggs; there being in neither case a nest, only a flat place made on the grass, and a flat run down to the waters' On neither occasion could I catch a glimpse of the birds. There were several pairs of Golden Eyes up the river, and I also saw, for the first time, a pair of Red-breasted Mergan- sers. We then landed, and trudged up the most awful hill I've ever come across ; on the further side we entered a ravine with rocks sometimes fifty or sixty feet high on either side, and at the bottom a small brook swarming with Dippers. The low ground was covered with and birch, in and out flew Camberwell 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 Meinertzhagen, Dan; Hornby, R. P. London, R. H. Porter
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