The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 190
... limpkin in certain Flor- ida swamps , which calls to mind quite unmistakably the full - toned exclamations one sometimes hears from a dentist's chair and which may well be responsible for some of the ghost stories that center about ...
... limpkin in certain Flor- ida swamps , which calls to mind quite unmistakably the full - toned exclamations one sometimes hears from a dentist's chair and which may well be responsible for some of the ghost stories that center about ...
Page 219
... Limpkin , or " crying bird " ( center and flying ) , ranges as far north as Florida and Georgia . The King Rail ( left ) , a " large edition of the Virginia rail , ' is mainly a fresh - water species , while the Clapper Rail ( right ) ...
... Limpkin , or " crying bird " ( center and flying ) , ranges as far north as Florida and Georgia . The King Rail ( left ) , a " large edition of the Virginia rail , ' is mainly a fresh - water species , while the Clapper Rail ( right ) ...
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... Limpkin Aramus pictus pictus Average Length , Twenty - eight Inches Never shall I forget the voice of the limpkin . One night when I was floundering in a Florida swamp it crashed on my ears in the most dumb- founding , hair - raising ...
... Limpkin Aramus pictus pictus Average Length , Twenty - eight Inches Never shall I forget the voice of the limpkin . One night when I was floundering in a Florida swamp it crashed on my ears in the most dumb- founding , hair - raising ...
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Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
Admiral Byrds Second | 105 |
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