The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 32
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 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 ...
Page 220
... marshes as the clapper rail is to the salt water , and since the birds are about the same size and decidedly similar in color and mark- ings , one can be almost as sure of one's identi- fication by the type of marsh in which the rail is ...
... marshes as the clapper rail is to the salt water , and since the birds are about the same size and decidedly similar in color and mark- ings , one can be almost as sure of one's identi- fication by the type of marsh in which the rail is ...
Contents
Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
Admiral Byrds Second | 105 |
18 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
air view American Anthony Stewart Average Length Avocet boat breeding called camera canoe Canton Island cells China Chinese clapper rail climb coast color plate Congo Cooper's hawk curlew duck hawk early eclipse eggs falconry farm feet female fish forest gallinules Geographic Society Finlay Greyhound ground head hills hornets hounds hunting Inches Indians Island Kansas Lake land light male marshes miles Mississippi Mount Washington NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE National Geographic Society native nest night northern Notch Park phalaropes Pilgrim Plate VIII platinum plover plumage prairie rail River rock sail sandpiper Shanghai ship shore birds Society Finlay Photograph species stilt sandpiper summer tarantula hawk telephone Tierra del Fuego town trail trees Trinidad Valley Virginia rail wasps weather West White Mountains wind winter wire Wisconsin yellow young