. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. 258 Wild Ducks, Water-Birds, Sea-Fowl. he gave over the chase and rested upon his oars. But the bird made a final plunge, and when it emerged upon the surface again it was over a mile away. Its course must have been, and doubtless was, an actual flight under water, and half as fast as the crow flies in the air. The loon would have delighted the old poets. Its wild demoniac laughter awakens the echoes on the solitary lakes, and its ferity and hardiness were kindred to those robust ; The loon, or crest
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. 258 Wild Ducks, Water-Birds, Sea-Fowl. he gave over the chase and rested upon his oars. But the bird made a final plunge, and when it emerged upon the surface again it was over a mile away. Its course must have been, and doubtless was, an actual flight under water, and half as fast as the crow flies in the air. The loon would have delighted the old poets. Its wild demoniac laughter awakens the echoes on the solitary lakes, and its ferity and hardiness were kindred to those robust ; The loon, or crested grebe, is indeed a most interest- ing bird. Whoever has seen him, as Mr. Burroughs did, cannot but admire him. He pairs for life, and both sexes are devotedly attached to the young. They haunt the same nesting places year after year. They lead out their young ones, and take them down with them under their wings when they dive. The young swim about quite freely as soon as they are hatched. The nest is by no means artistic—a mere rough mass of flags and rushes and grasses, like that of the coot, partly sunk under the water and partly raised above it, and contains three, four, and sometimes five, white or pale- greenish white eggs. And certainly not the least among the amenities of the sea- side are the oppor- tunities it affords for the study of the gulls, terns, sea-pies, the kittiwakes, black- backed gulls, herring-gulls, skuas, and others, very remarkable in their manner of life, their powers of. 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 Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay), 1839-1905. New York, Macmillan & Co.
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