. Shells and sea-life. ^ of them do not take the troubleeven to build a nest. Others build very slightly,of dry weeds and sea-mosses, which they mustcarefully guard, lest they be stolen by other birdswho also wish to set up housekeeping. The Murres are the most numerous birds onthe islands, and they are the ones which makeno nest at all. The mother murre lays one verylarge green-shelled egg on the bare rock, and at. SOUTH FARALLO-NE liSLAND. 160 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. once proceeds to sit upon it closely, lest it shouldbe stolen, instead of the nest. A few years ago great numbers of murres
. Shells and sea-life. ^ of them do not take the troubleeven to build a nest. Others build very slightly,of dry weeds and sea-mosses, which they mustcarefully guard, lest they be stolen by other birdswho also wish to set up housekeeping. The Murres are the most numerous birds onthe islands, and they are the ones which makeno nest at all. The mother murre lays one verylarge green-shelled egg on the bare rock, and at. SOUTH FARALLO-NE liSLAND. 160 WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. once proceeds to sit upon it closely, lest it shouldbe stolen, instead of the nest. A few years ago great numbers of murres eggswere gathered on these islands every summer, and
Size: 2752px × 908px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectmollusk, bookyear1901
