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General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . the lower part of a 1000-foot cliff on Little Diomede Island in Bering Sea. Here myriads of sea birds come each summer to lav their eggs and rear their voting (Reproduced from studies near St. Lucie,Florida.) Water Turkey, or Snake-bird,Group. In the yellow pond-lily swampsgrown with cypresses and cabbage pal-mettos, the shy Water Turkey builds itsnest. It receives the name turkey fromits turkey-like tail, and the title snake-bird from its habit of swimming withonly the long slender neck above water.(Reproduced f
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . the lower part of a 1000-foot cliff on Little Diomede Island in Bering Sea. Here myriads of sea birds come each summer to lav their eggs and rear their voting (Reproduced from studies near St. Lucie,Florida.) Water Turkey, or Snake-bird,Group. In the yellow pond-lily swampsgrown with cypresses and cabbage pal-mettos, the shy Water Turkey builds itsnest. It receives the name turkey fromits turkey-like tail, and the title snake-bird from its habit of swimming withonly the long slender neck above water.(Reproduced from studies near St. Lucie,Florida.) Sandhill Crane Group. Unlike theherons, the Sandhill Crane builds its nestof reeds in the water. It differs also in itsmanner of flight, always fully extendingits neck when on the wing. (Reproducedfrom studies on the Kissimmee Prairiesof Florida.) Brown Pelican Group. Pelican Island,on the Indian River of Florida, has beenmade a reservation by the United StatesGovernment, and these grotesque birdsnow breed there in comparative safety. [89]. CHIMNEY SWIFT RED TAILED HAWK MOURNING DOVE
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