The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Inches Here we have a petrel that is unique in being abundant throughout the length of the oceans on both sides of the Americas , from the latitude of Cape Horn northward to sub- arctic fishing grounds . A hundred thousand birds is a ...
... Inches Here we have a petrel that is unique in being abundant throughout the length of the oceans on both sides of the Americas , from the latitude of Cape Horn northward to sub- arctic fishing grounds . A hundred thousand birds is a ...
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... Inches The black petrel nests on Baja Californian islands and , as in the case of the black - vented shearwater , its numbers spread northward to our Pacific coast after the breeding season . However , the black petrels also migrate ...
... Inches The black petrel nests on Baja Californian islands and , as in the case of the black - vented shearwater , its numbers spread northward to our Pacific coast after the breeding season . However , the black petrels also migrate ...
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... inch female ( total length ) had about 60,000 eggs ; one 3634 inches long had 263,000 , and one 41 inches long had 518,000 . The eggs , so firmly attached to the rocks and one another that they appear as a compact mass , are watched ...
... inch female ( total length ) had about 60,000 eggs ; one 3634 inches long had 263,000 , and one 41 inches long had 518,000 . The eggs , so firmly attached to the rocks and one another that they appear as a compact mass , are watched ...
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A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Wild Tribesmen With Topknots Roam the Little | 391 |
Marine Fishes and Fisheries Yield Vast Wealth from Alaska | 463 |
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