. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . esequaint are ali-solutely si-lent on alloccasions !save w h e ncaught a n dh a r a s s e d ,w h e n theymay emit alow. raucousgroan. Theyspend much time stand- Rcdmwn by Allan Brooks from Photo by tin Author. ing demurely returns .\g.\in and .\g.\in to s.\tisfy his curiosity. at the en-trances of their burrows, and the nearest approach to levity one ever seesis the accidental shaking of tlie pendent plumes when the birrl turns itshead. If a hillside col()n\- is ap]
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . esequaint are ali-solutely si-lent on alloccasions !save w h e ncaught a n dh a r a s s e d ,w h e n theymay emit alow. raucousgroan. Theyspend much time stand- Rcdmwn by Allan Brooks from Photo by tin Author. ing demurely returns .\g.\in and .\g.\in to s.\tisfy his curiosity. at the en-trances of their burrows, and the nearest approach to levity one ever seesis the accidental shaking of tlie pendent plumes when the birrl turns itshead. If a hillside col()n\- is ap])r(iached suddenly from sh(irc, the stan<Iing])opulation, presumably males, pitches downward to sea by a common impulse;while the nest occupants come shelling out by twos and threes and dozens asone traverses the honev-combed earth. Once a-wing, the Puftin returns againand again to satisfv his curiositw employing for the purpose great horizontalcircles or ellipses, and slowing up a little at perigee. Or, if the nesting islandbe a small one. the Puffins will circle it a score of times. f<irmin- rlnthniicallv. yo4 Till-: Ill-TKI) ilKKIN. iiLumiii iiilmla- wIiom- jiiipioacli mw walclits nervously. \ nfriiiameI hinl in ])assing pauses toview the remains witli niililly tleprecatinj^ eye, and heaves a visible ifinaudil»le sij,li of re>;ret. Sln«)! Vt>n silly fowls! We are m» corpses! When convinced oftile hopelessness oftheir cause the IutVnis>ettle n|M>n the surfaceof the water until thesea is hlack withiluni ()r, if reas-sured l)y I lie s|Rcta-tors withdrawal, nia-iiy of them return up their (juaker\ i)^il at the hurrowsmoiiih. Kach aliRlitswith uplifted wingheld well Thewinj^s are also liftedfrom time to time astlio to rest them, andthey are brought intore(|uisition as whenever thebird attempts to walk, the j^oinjj never so<asy the Putliu stepsIS pin{;erly as a slackwire I»erformer. In plancinp over a:,To
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