. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. SHOWING THE GREAT EXPANSK oK TIIK WINGSWhile the shores of the Bay of Fundy are the principal nestin{;-places for this bird, LittleDuck Island, nine miles south of Northeast Harbor. Mount Desert Island, Maine, certainlydoes its share as a nursery for the Leachs petrel. Thousands and thousands of these bi
. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. SHOWING THE GREAT EXPANSK oK TIIK WINGSWhile the shores of the Bay of Fundy are the principal nestin{;-places for this bird, LittleDuck Island, nine miles south of Northeast Harbor. Mount Desert Island, Maine, certainlydoes its share as a nursery for the Leachs petrel. Thousands and thousands of these birdsreturn to rear their young where they themselves were hatched. One marvels at the instinctwhich guides them on a foggy night, from several hundred miles out at sea, to a small spoton the ocean scarcely half a square mile in size, and on a course straighter than any ship couldbe steered. Upon arrival, each (lies .straight to his own burrow, although there are a hundrednext to bis, and to the human eye all look alike. Perhaps it is this same instinct which bringsliark the young another year to liuikl their nests, as their ancestors have done, on the cliffsand fields of Little DuckIsland. - Ilioton jrom ArnoUt Wood. I l«lt ) ^ ^x^ SCENES FI\OM EVERY ? [fe^. YOUNt; FLAMINGO EATING SHELL OP THE EGG FROM WHICH IT WASHATCHEDThe young stay in the nest until they are three or four days old. During this timethey are brooded by the parents, one or the other of which is always in attendance. With abill as large as their nestlings body, it was of special interest to observe how the latter wouldbe fed. The operation is admirably shown in the above picture. What in effect is regurgi-tated clam broth, is taken drop by drop from the tip of the parents bill. This is the youngbirds first meal. His next attempts at eating are of special interest. It will be observed thatthe bill in a newly hatched flamingo bears small resemblance to the singular, decurved organ ofthe adult. In the chick t
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