. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . e same spot. Therocks were in places thickly covered with droppings,showing that the Canarian Shearwaters resorted insome numbers to this breeding-place. The fisher boywas now armed with a thin almond rod with a benthook affixed to the end, and a lantern. At his biddingwe all climbed down into a hole amongst the bouldersand lay patiently waiting. It was just getting darkwhen a peculiar noise was heard unlike anything I hadever imagined in my worst dreams, and
. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . e same spot. Therocks were in places thickly covered with droppings,showing that the Canarian Shearwaters resorted insome numbers to this breeding-place. The fisher boywas now armed with a thin almond rod with a benthook affixed to the end, and a lantern. At his biddingwe all climbed down into a hole amongst the bouldersand lay patiently waiting. It was just getting darkwhen a peculiar noise was heard unlike anything I hadever imagined in my worst dreams, and the form of alarge bird passed close overhead ; once again the birdcircled round, uttering its extraordinary cry, this timebeing answered by a purring cluck (often repeated)from almost beneath our feet—then all was still. Itwas now quite dark, and once again the bird, whichhad evidently settled, rose again and passed over ourheads, settling a few feet away. Stealthily as a cat,the boy climbed over the rocks, lighting the lanternas he went. He made no noise with his bare feet,and with the lantern in his left hand, and the almond. A Nesting-place of Kuhls Canarian Shearwaters on Graciosa.
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