. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. a stern-wheel steamer, till he gathers head way enough to rise from the water. After that first start there is no sign of J^uhtaecM awkwardness. His short wings rise and fall with a rapidity that tries the eye to follow, like the rush of a coot down wind to decoys. You can hear the swift, strong beat of them, far over your head, when he is not calling. His flight is very rapid, very even, and often at enorrrious altitudes. But when he wants to come down he always gets frightened, thinking of his short wings, and how h
. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. a stern-wheel steamer, till he gathers head way enough to rise from the water. After that first start there is no sign of J^uhtaecM awkwardness. His short wings rise and fall with a rapidity that tries the eye to follow, like the rush of a coot down wind to decoys. You can hear the swift, strong beat of them, far over your head, when he is not calling. His flight is very rapid, very even, and often at enorrrious altitudes. But when he wants to come down he always gets frightened, thinking of his short wings, and how high he is, and how fast he is going. On the ocean, in winter, where he has all the room he wants, he sometimes comes down in a great incline, miles long, and plunges through and over a dozen waves, like a dolphin, before he can stop. But where the lake is small, and he cannot come down that way, he has a dizzy time of it. Once, on a little lake in September, I used to watch for hours to get a sight of the pro- cess. Twelve or fifteen loons were gathered there, holding high carnival. They called down every migrating loon that passed that. 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 Long, William J. (William Joseph), 1866 or 7-1952. Toronto : Copp, Clark
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