The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 189
... marshes ; the solitary sand- piper prefers woodland pools ; and the woodcock selects alder thickets and seldom ventures into the open fields except at dusk . The real marshes of cattails and sedges are shunned by the shore birds ...
... marshes ; the solitary sand- piper prefers woodland pools ; and the woodcock selects alder thickets and seldom ventures into the open fields except at dusk . The real marshes of cattails and sedges are shunned by the shore birds ...
Page 216
... marshes , and wherever protected becomes so tame as to be almost a nuisance . The coot ordinarily gleans along the shore or " tips " in shallow water to feed on many kinds of leaves , buds , seeds , and aquatic insects , but it may dive ...
... marshes , and wherever protected becomes so tame as to be almost a nuisance . The coot ordinarily gleans along the shore or " tips " in shallow water to feed on many kinds of leaves , buds , seeds , and aquatic insects , but it may dive ...
Page 217
... marshes in the cape district of Baja California , is found still another variety , the Belding's rail ( Rallus o . beldingi ) . Farther east in the marshes of the lower Colorado River north of Yuma is still another variety , the Yuma ...
... marshes in the cape district of Baja California , is found still another variety , the Belding's rail ( Rallus o . beldingi ) . Farther east in the marshes of the lower Colorado River north of Yuma is still another variety , the Yuma ...
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Chocorua Indian chief | 38 |
Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
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