The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 69National Geographic Society, 1936 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 96
... birds , all are eaten , and the skins of the old birds , properly tanned with the short , dense feathers in place , are made into warm parkas and other articles of clothing . Puffins and dovekies especially swarm in thousands about ...
... birds , all are eaten , and the skins of the old birds , properly tanned with the short , dense feathers in place , are made into warm parkas and other articles of clothing . Puffins and dovekies especially swarm in thousands about ...
Page 111
... birds concealed beneath my feet in subterranean crevices . I could not see them or reach them , and only when one suddenly shot out like a little bomb did I learn they were crested auklets . Dark - plumaged birds , rough , black rock ...
... birds concealed beneath my feet in subterranean crevices . I could not see them or reach them , and only when one suddenly shot out like a little bomb did I learn they were crested auklets . Dark - plumaged birds , rough , black rock ...
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... birds fed on seeds of cypress , pine , and thistle , and also on cockleburs and sandburs whose rough hulls were shelled easily by strong bills . At night the flocks gathered in hollow trees where they clung suspended by feet and bills ...
... birds fed on seeds of cypress , pine , and thistle , and also on cockleburs and sandburs whose rough hulls were shelled easily by strong bills . At night the flocks gathered in hollow trees where they clung suspended by feet and bills ...
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