. St. Nicholas [serial]. a must have dwelton cliffs about the sea and launched off themas the gannets do from Bird Rock. This greatflying reptile lived some six million years ago;the sea over which it flew long ago disap-peared, and the mud into which its bones sank 460 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Mar. became chalk, and fromthe formation of thesegreat chalk-beds the timeat which Ornithostomaexisted is called the Cre-taceous A. Lucas, United States NationalMuseum, Washington,D. C. Of birds now in exis-tence, probably the onewith the greatest expanseof wing in proportio
. St. Nicholas [serial]. a must have dwelton cliffs about the sea and launched off themas the gannets do from Bird Rock. This greatflying reptile lived some six million years ago;the sea over which it flew long ago disap-peared, and the mud into which its bones sank 460 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Mar. became chalk, and fromthe formation of thesegreat chalk-beds the timeat which Ornithostomaexisted is called the Cre-taceous A. Lucas, United States NationalMuseum, Washington,D. C. Of birds now in exis-tence, probably the onewith the greatest expanseof wing in proportion tothe body, and with thegreatest power of flight,is the frigate- or man-o-war bird [Fregata aquild).This bird apparently fliesmore by skill than bystrength, for it has nogreat carrying powers. The wandering alba-tross, the largest of allsea-birds, is also one ofour strongest fliers. Onebird was known to flyat least 3150 miles intwelve days. This birdwas caught, tagged, re-leased, and caught again. THE junco shaking his. % HOW THE JUNCO SHAKES HIS TREE. Some day when the snow has whitened thehills and valleys, climb to one of those uplandcorn-fields which the tree-sparrows and juncosfrequent. Here and there from the snow pro-trude brown stems of last years weeds, and in
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