. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 80 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. oistible importunity are extraordinarily fascinating; even its begging can be excused, so great are its charms. Yet th6 phalarope is still more attractive. It is a shore bird, which unites in itself the quali- ties of its own order and those of the swimming birds, living, as it does, partly on land, partly in the water, even in the sea. Buoyant and agile, surpassing all other swimming birds in grace of Fig. 9,—Skuas, Phalarope,
. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 80 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. oistible importunity are extraordinarily fascinating; even its begging can be excused, so great are its charms. Yet th6 phalarope is still more attractive. It is a shore bird, which unites in itself the quali- ties of its own order and those of the swimming birds, living, as it does, partly on land, partly in the water, even in the sea. Buoyant and agile, surpassing all other swimming birds in grace of Fig. 9,—Skuas, Phalarope, and Golden Plovers. it glides upon the waves; quickly and nimbly it runs along the shore; with the speed of a snipe it wings its zigzag flight through the air. Confidently and without fear it allows itself to be observed quite closely, and in its anxiety for the safety of its brood usually betrays its own nest, with the four pear-shaped eggs, however care- fully it has been concealed among the reeds. It is perhaps the most pleasing of all the birds of the tundra. ^^. 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 Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Thomson, Margaret R. , tr; Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933, ed. London [etc. ] Blackie & Son, Limited
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