. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. BIRD ROCK 179 about, and its hoarse voice—"half grunt, half groan —a<lded to its unattractiveness. In Nature, however, their trim appearance was very pleasing; Paroquets, the French-Canadians call them, and one has only to see the bird in life to ap- preciate the ai^plicability of the name. It is not alone their looks but also their actions which suggest the Parrot. Unlike the Murres and Razorbills, they do not rest on the whole foot, but stand qui
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. BIRD ROCK 179 about, and its hoarse voice—"half grunt, half groan —a<lded to its unattractiveness. In Nature, however, their trim appearance was very pleasing; Paroquets, the French-Canadians call them, and one has only to see the bird in life to ap- preciate the ai^plicability of the name. It is not alone their looks but also their actions which suggest the Parrot. Unlike the Murres and Razorbills, they do not rest on the whole foot, but stand quite erect on the toes alone, and run about with the characteristic pattering steps of Parrots. When the wind blew fresh from the sea they often faced it, hovering a foot or two above the rocks on outstretched, motionless wings, and retaining for several seconds this perfect bal- ance between gravity and air pressure. It is quite possible that I may have wlKjlhr misjudged the Puffin's character, and that when unmolested their nature is peaceable in extreme. At any rate, they seem to be not only on excellent terms with their own kind, but with the very distantly re- lated Leach's Petrels, with which they sometimes. '.-li. Yuiuia Purtin 'jf bin- n iK-st at tlie uud. 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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