The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 62National Geographic Society, 1932 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 85
... eggs on a bed of leaves , without other pretense of a nest than the slight hollow sufficient to hold them . The site chosen is secluded and little disturbed and ordi- narily is heavily shaded by bushes . The eggs number two , in the ...
... eggs on a bed of leaves , without other pretense of a nest than the slight hollow sufficient to hold them . The site chosen is secluded and little disturbed and ordi- narily is heavily shaded by bushes . The eggs number two , in the ...
Page 247
... eggs is almost inconceivable ; for , in the first place , they must have run a considerable risk of being seen as they crossed the water to reach the island , and to do so in darkness would have been well - nigh impossible ; then barbed ...
... eggs is almost inconceivable ; for , in the first place , they must have run a considerable risk of being seen as they crossed the water to reach the island , and to do so in darkness would have been well - nigh impossible ; then barbed ...
Page 272
... eggs of marsh birds the first two weeks of the nesting season . The principal victims were the black - headed gull and clapper rail , usually called marsh hen , the well - concealed nest of which is often located by the use of trained ...
... eggs of marsh birds the first two weeks of the nesting season . The principal victims were the black - headed gull and clapper rail , usually called marsh hen , the well - concealed nest of which is often located by the use of trained ...
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Humming Birds Peculiar to the New World | 65 |
Miniatures of Macao China 11 illustrations in color from natural color photographs | 340 |
Shark FishingAn Australian Industry By NORMAN ELLISON | 358 |
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