. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. BIRD-LIFE ON THE MOORS IN OCTOBER. 109 of October) they are often congregated during wet weather on the bare black ground where the heather has been burnt, and where they feed all night. Frost or snow at once drives them off the hills. The oceanic birds, such as Solan Geese, Petrels, and Little Auks, seem peculiarly liable to get driven inland after stormy weather at sea. One often hears of instances of their occurrence in most unlikely localities. Thus a young Solan Goose was cau
. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. BIRD-LIFE ON THE MOORS IN OCTOBER. 109 of October) they are often congregated during wet weather on the bare black ground where the heather has been burnt, and where they feed all night. Frost or snow at once drives them off the hills. The oceanic birds, such as Solan Geese, Petrels, and Little Auks, seem peculiarly liable to get driven inland after stormy weather at sea. One often hears of instances of their occurrence in most unlikely localities. Thus a young Solan Goose was caught alive near Elsdon on October 31, 1883 ; it was in an exhausted condition, and did not long survive; but that was hardly surprising, since the only food he was offered was cold mutton ! The following cutting from a local paper evidently refers to another occurrence of this species (a young Solan Goose) inland, and is sufficiently amusing to deserve insertion : — A wonderful bird has been found by a shepherd near Kirton-in- Lindsaj, Lincolnshire. It is about the size of a Turkey, dark grey speckled, web-footed, quite amphibious. The naturalists of the dis- trict are quite puzzled, some thinking it to be a Northern diver, and others a Vulture escaped from a ship, or driven away by the gale.— Newcastle Daily Journal, October 22, 1886. Small wonder, surely, that the naturalists of the district should be puzzled with a Vulture which was web-footed, and " quite amphibious " !. 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 Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929. London : Gurney and Jackson
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