. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 240 SWIMMERS. 11 during September and October coming in from the ua to the we»t ward, and rapidly passing along the coa»t to>"irds the northeast. They were migrating evidently; but whither? and where had the; come from, âwhere had they been nesting? These questions an still unanswered. It has been suggested that the birds may tun southward, and winter in the interior of this continent, â possibi; in the Barren Ground region. But a more probable supposition i that offered, I think by Lieuten
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 240 SWIMMERS. 11 during September and October coming in from the ua to the we»t ward, and rapidly passing along the coa»t to>"irds the northeast. They were migrating evidently; but whither? and where had the; come from, âwhere had they been nesting? These questions an still unanswered. It has been suggested that the birds may tun southward, and winter in the interior of this continent, â possibi; in the Barren Ground region. But a more probable supposition i that offered, I think by Lieutenant Ray, that the flocks move easi ward until they meet the floating ice, and then wheel seaward an. remain amid the "fields" during the winter months, drifting south ward, â too far from land to be observed, and feeding at the edg of the "; But these are speculations only. It has been determined, how ever, that the species is abundant in the vicinity of Bering Se and breeds somewhere .along the Siberian shore of the Arcti Ocean, that it occurs as an c 'â asional visitor only in other portion of the Arctic region, and as in : xidental straggler elsewhere. Upon what land the nest is placed is still unknown. It must 11 somewhere in the frozen region to the westward or northward ( Wrangel Island, and may be amid the Liakoff isles, or on som undiscovered island still closer to the 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Toronto : Musson
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