. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 82 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XXXVI anxiety. Meanwhile the little ones bobbed to the surface in a scattered bunch like a handful of yellow corks, saw us and ducked again, came up more scattered still and disappeared immediate- ly. They rapidly became more expert in their bobbing and di\ang and soon indicated their rising only by an instantaneous glimpse of a dull yellow spot in a swirl of cloudy water. The camera was confusedly pointed this way and that, but so quick were the subjects that no snap could be made, and all the while they
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 82 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XXXVI anxiety. Meanwhile the little ones bobbed to the surface in a scattered bunch like a handful of yellow corks, saw us and ducked again, came up more scattered still and disappeared immediate- ly. They rapidly became more expert in their bobbing and di\ang and soon indicated their rising only by an instantaneous glimpse of a dull yellow spot in a swirl of cloudy water. The camera was confusedly pointed this way and that, but so quick were the subjects that no snap could be made, and all the while they kept scattering and getting farther apart until finally we were The brood formed in line in the same manner as before, but instead of rushing in at full speed, we slowly edged them in towards shore. Here there was a narrow, sandy mud wash at the foot of a steep embankment some twelve inches high. On top of this was a dry flat, covered with scanty grass and sage clumps, rising gradually at first, then more steeply, to a bare hill a hundred yards back. They gradually worked in to this shore. On being pushed a little too hard, the goose again splashed off Seeing that a repetition of the former fruitless tactics was about to follow, we. 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 Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa
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