. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. Among the Water Fowl .'9' running the tender up on a ihelf of rock when the wave lervei, all the thousand and more great Gu|li hover screaming, or gather in groups on the dark trees, making a wonderful picture. Up- above the rocks there is an area of pasture w
. Among the water-fowl, observation, adventure, photography [microform] : a popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Water birds; Water birds; Water birds; Photography of birds; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux. Among the Water Fowl .'9' running the tender up on a ihelf of rock when the wave lervei, all the thousand and more great Gu|li hover screaming, or gather in groups on the dark trees, making a wonderful picture. Up- above the rocks there is an area of pasture where graze a flock of sheep, which have been ferried over here for the season to live and multiply,âif they can. Some fail, as their dead bodies show, and the Ravens have plenty ot wool with which to line their nests. All over the pasture, in all sorts of places, are the nests of the Gulls, deeply hollowed beds of seaweed, some quite slight, others substan- tial. Now we come upon one under a low spruce bush, then be- side a rock, or boldly out in the open. Then we extend our ram- h'.c into the spruce-woods, and here they are just the same, all about on the ground among the trees. But, strangely enough, on this island I have never yet found a nest on a tree, though I know that the birds have been considerably dis- turbed by the fishermen. Most of the nests, un- less marauders have been there, contain three eggs; often there are but two, and now and then four. They vary so greatly in ground-color and markings that it is fascinating to go all over the island and look at every nest that we can find. I recall one 'AM THI NUn or THi ; RUT Or HIR. RING CULL. MAINR. BY A. C. â INT. 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 Job, Herbert Keightley, 1864-1933. Toronto : Musson Book Co.
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