. Idle days in Patagonia. Natural history. Idle Days in Patagonia. The trees of the Mission House proved very attractive to these birds; the tall Lombardy poplars were specially favoured, -which seems strange, for in a high wind (and it was veiy windy just then) the >^ V ^. slim unresting tree forms as bad a perehing- place as a bird could well settle on. Never the- '' less, to the poplars they would come when the wind Avas most violent; first hovering or wheeling about in an immense flock, then, as occasion offered, dropping down a few at a time, to cling. ike roosting. Please note that th
. Idle days in Patagonia. Natural history. Idle Days in Patagonia. The trees of the Mission House proved very attractive to these birds; the tall Lombardy poplars were specially favoured, -which seems strange, for in a high wind (and it was veiy windy just then) the >^ V ^. slim unresting tree forms as bad a perehing- place as a bird could well settle on. Never the- '' less, to the poplars they would come when the wind Avas most violent; first hovering or wheeling about in an immense flock, then, as occasion offered, dropping down a few at a time, to cling. ike roosting. 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 Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922. New York, D. Appleton
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