. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. before. There would be an interval of per- fect silence, broken suddenly by wild yelling; then the ordinary loon talk for a few minutes, and another silence, broken by a shriller out- cry. That meant that something unusual was going on; so I left the trout, to find out about it. When I pushed my canoe through the fringe of water grass on the point nearest the loons, they were scattered in a long line, twelve or fifteen of them, extending from the head of the bay to a point nearly oppo- site me. At the other end of the
. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. before. There would be an interval of per- fect silence, broken suddenly by wild yelling; then the ordinary loon talk for a few minutes, and another silence, broken by a shriller out- cry. That meant that something unusual was going on; so I left the trout, to find out about it. When I pushed my canoe through the fringe of water grass on the point nearest the loons, they were scattered in a long line, twelve or fifteen of them, extending from the head of the bay to a point nearly oppo- site me. At the other end of the line two loons were swimming about, doing something which I could not make out. Suddenly the loon talk ceased. There may have been a signal given, which I did not hear. Any- way, the two loons faced about at the same moment and came tearing down the line, using wings and feet to help in the race.' The upper loons swung in behind them as they passed, so as to watch the finish better; but not a sound was heard till they passed my end of the line in a close, har race, one scarcely a yard ahead of the other;. 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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