The National Geographic Magazine, Volumes 98-99National Geographic Society, 1951 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 240
... eggs and young and kept them covered during the heat of the day . Generally , the gull family is notorious for nest robbing and will usually eat the eggs or young in any unguarded nest . Gulls even raid nests of their own species . The ...
... eggs and young and kept them covered during the heat of the day . Generally , the gull family is notorious for nest robbing and will usually eat the eggs or young in any unguarded nest . Gulls even raid nests of their own species . The ...
Page 245
... Eggs From Bad The men were lifting tern eggs from the nests and immersing them . If they floated , they were given back to the birds ; but if they sank , they were packed in a box , to be eaten later . This use of specific gravity to ...
... Eggs From Bad The men were lifting tern eggs from the nests and immersing them . If they floated , they were given back to the birds ; but if they sank , they were packed in a box , to be eaten later . This use of specific gravity to ...
Page 248
... eggs wandered about in one - foot circles . Some even poked their bills under neighbors to see if their eggs might have rolled . Then they complacently settled down , guarding the same domains as before , but obviously just waiting for ...
... eggs wandered about in one - foot circles . Some even poked their bills under neighbors to see if their eggs might have rolled . Then they complacently settled down , guarding the same domains as before , but obviously just waiting for ...
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