. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . -/t %^ Three Arch Rocks, Oregon. Bohlmaa and Three Arch Rocks, Oregon. Jldhlinan and l-inlev. Beal Petrel. For description see page 331. LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS AND PELICANS. 149 heavily grasserl portion of the island once or twice, the tlioiight occurred tous that there might be petrels there. Judge of our surprise, however, when wefound the vegetable mold a perfect labyrinth of burrows. So light was theaccumulation in density (once the growing blades we
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . -/t %^ Three Arch Rocks, Oregon. Bohlmaa and Three Arch Rocks, Oregon. Jldhlinan and l-inlev. Beal Petrel. For description see page 331. LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PETRELS AND PELICANS. 149 heavily grasserl portion of the island once or twice, the tlioiight occurred tous that there might be petrels there. Judge of our surprise, however, when wefound the vegetable mold a perfect labyrinth of burrows. So light was theaccumulation in density (once the growing blades were penetrated) and soabundant the birds that one had only to dig with the hands dog fashionand birds eggs and young were the invariable result. The whole half acreof grass proper was a sccthinri mass of petrels. Yet from all that host nota sound to betray their presence. The sun shone calmly and the breeze breathedbenignly. Nothing disturbed the serenity of the day save the restless quaveringsof the always hostile gulls. There was nothing to indicate that beneath ourfeet lay a buried city, not once populous and now deserted, but now teemingwith life, a city of s
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