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. Bird lore . ^was a great pleasure to him, living as hedoes far from the companionship of otherchildren. This dog, however, was ascourge to the Petrels. It was an easymatter for him to dig out their burrows,and there was abundant evidence of hisactivities in this line. Petrels which had. been killed were lying everywhere in thegrass. The writer picked up severalwhich lay within a radius of ten feet of arock and photographed them on it. Inthe space of less than an acre, he counted
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