General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . in this group is above timber-line on the crestof the Canadian Rockies, 8,000 feet above the sea. Although theseArctic-Alpine mountains are in the temperate region, the altitudeBird-Life gives climatic conditions that would be found in the Far roup North, and the bird-life is arctic in character. Here are nesting the White-tailed Ptarmigan, Rosy Snow Finches andPipits. (Reproduced from studies in the Canadian Rockies.) This group shows a stretch of western plateau covered with sageSage Grouse brush. In this brush
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . in this group is above timber-line on the crestof the Canadian Rockies, 8,000 feet above the sea. Although theseArctic-Alpine mountains are in the temperate region, the altitudeBird-Life gives climatic conditions that would be found in the Far roup North, and the bird-life is arctic in character. Here are nesting the White-tailed Ptarmigan, Rosy Snow Finches andPipits. (Reproduced from studies in the Canadian Rockies.) This group shows a stretch of western plateau covered with sageSage Grouse brush. In this brush is seen the male Sage Grouse struttingGroup ancj wooing a mate. (Reproduced from studies at Medicine Bow, Wyoming.) 100 WHOOP ISC, CHASE The Prairie Chickens are akin to the common grouse. The grouprepresents a typical scene during the mating season. The male birds goPrairie Chicken through most surprising antics in their efforts to attractGroup the females. They inflate the orange-colored sacs on the sides of their necks, dancing and strutting about and uttering a loud, re-. THE WHOOPING CRANE A bird almost extinct. Shown in the Habitat Groups sonant, booming note. (Reproduced from studies near Halsey. Nebraska.)The Wild Goose is one of the first birds to migrate north in thespring. It nests among the lakes of Canada even before the ice isWild Goose melted. To secure the young birds for this group it wasGrouP necessary to hatch the eggs of the Wild Goose under a hen, BIRD ROCK GROUP 101 so difficult is it to secure the young in nature. (Reproduced from studiesmade at Crane Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.) The grebes are aquatic birds which build their nests in the the incubation period the parent bird usually covers the eggsGrebe with grass and reeds when leaving the nest. Nesting atGroup tiie same iake with the grebes was the Redhead Duck. (Repro-duced from studies made at Crane Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.) The Loon is justly famed for its skill as a diver, and can
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