. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. THE BUG-EYE. FIVE DAYS AMONG THE BIRDS ON COBB ISLAND, VIRGINIA. By C. WILLIAM BEEBE, CURATOR OF BIRDS. Illustrations from Author's Photographs. FROM Labrador to Florida, on the islands and beaches washed by the waves of the Atlantic, a splendid series of birds lay their eggs and rear their young. The narrow limits and compara- tively uniform character of their breeding-grounds make this class of birds exceedingly susceptible to the sentiment prevailing among the nearest human inhabitants, favorable to their exist- ence or otherwise. Thei
. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. THE BUG-EYE. FIVE DAYS AMONG THE BIRDS ON COBB ISLAND, VIRGINIA. By C. WILLIAM BEEBE, CURATOR OF BIRDS. Illustrations from Author's Photographs. FROM Labrador to Florida, on the islands and beaches washed by the waves of the Atlantic, a splendid series of birds lay their eggs and rear their young. The narrow limits and compara- tively uniform character of their breeding-grounds make this class of birds exceedingly susceptible to the sentiment prevailing among the nearest human inhabitants, favorable to their exist- ence or otherwise. Their abundance or speedy extinction is abso- lutely under human control. For this, and for many other rea- sons, they are among our most interesting birds. Before the advent of Europeans our littoral birds were doubt- less all but immune from danger at their breeding-places. Hawks made raids upon them, and bears and Indians, searching for tur- tles' eggs, may occasionally have wrought havoc among the beach nests. Christopher Columbus saw flocks of birds and took hope. 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 New York Zoological Society. New York, The Society
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