. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 26 AK AtrSTRALJAN BIRD ORDER —PROCELLARIIFORMES, TUBINARES, TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. F. 27. PROCELLARIIDAE (5), STORM - PETRELS, MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS, 25 sp.—10(3)A., 2(0)0., 10(0)P., 7(0)E., 18(4)Nc., 13(3)N1. 2 35 Wilson Storm-Petrel (Yellow - webbed, Flat-clawed), 3 Oceanites oceanica, S. Polar regions N. to British Is. (ace), Labrador (ace), India, A., c. ocean Blackish; base tail above below white; legs black; webs yellow; f., sim. Shellfish, small fish, greasy. During the interest
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 26 AK AtrSTRALJAN BIRD ORDER —PROCELLARIIFORMES, TUBINARES, TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. F. 27. PROCELLARIIDAE (5), STORM - PETRELS, MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS, 25 sp.—10(3)A., 2(0)0., 10(0)P., 7(0)E., 18(4)Nc., 13(3)N1. 2 35 Wilson Storm-Petrel (Yellow - webbed, Flat-clawed), 3 Oceanites oceanica, S. Polar regions N. to British Is. (ace), Labrador (ace), India, A., c. ocean Blackish; base tail above below white; legs black; webs yellow; f., sim. Shellfish, small fish, greasy. During the interest aroused by Peary's expedition to the North Pole, an illustrated weekly paper published a cartoon, which showed the American Eagle sitting on the North Pole and reading a proclamation to an audience of Penguins. One thing is unfortunate about this—Penguins are unknown in the Northern Hemisphere. Indeed, they support the geographer in his con- tention that, while the Pacific Ocean is very ancient, the Atlantic Ocean has been formed much more recently, for Penguins are found up the Pacific even to the Galapagos Is. on the Equator, but have not spread into the Atlantic Ocean beyond Tristan da Cunha, at the extreme South. Order VIII. includes the true ocean birds—those wanderers seen far from any land by ocean travellers. Indeed, many of them do not go near land except to breed. Then they usually repair to small lonely islands often with bold precipitous 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 Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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