. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. FEMALE x\ND THREE YOUNG OF THE ROCK PTARMIGAN The subdued and grayish-brown plumage make a photograph of the four birds difficult without a background of white. IMiutos by George Shiras, 3rd FEMALE ROCK PTARMIGAN, PHOTOGRAPHED AT FIVE FEET "The hen had two warning notes for the young, one causing them to remain stock still or crouch wherever they happened to be—and so faithful was the obedience that I could pick the young up—and another note, which caused the young to immediately seek an overhead protection, eitlier beneat
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. FEMALE x\ND THREE YOUNG OF THE ROCK PTARMIGAN The subdued and grayish-brown plumage make a photograph of the four birds difficult without a background of white. IMiutos by George Shiras, 3rd FEMALE ROCK PTARMIGAN, PHOTOGRAPHED AT FIVE FEET "The hen had two warning notes for the young, one causing them to remain stock still or crouch wherever they happened to be—and so faithful was the obedience that I could pick the young up—and another note, which caused the young to immediately seek an overhead protection, eitlier beneath the broken rocks or under the rims of snow or ice. Once I saw seven small ptarmigan run beneath the edge of a block of ice, and all I could see was the projecting row of small black bills; and in another case the young bird, alarmed by the mother's note, squeezed in between my shoes and remained there until relieved by a reassur- ing call" (see pages 456, 457), 469. 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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