The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 110National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Ants by Birds . BY HANCE ROY IVOR 107 A Blue Jay Rubs His Feathers with Ants in. THAT is bird anting ? One of Na- W ture's strangest mysteries , it fasci- nates and confounds ornithologists : a bird , clutching an ant in its bill ...
... Ants by Birds . BY HANCE ROY IVOR 107 A Blue Jay Rubs His Feathers with Ants in. THAT is bird anting ? One of Na- W ture's strangest mysteries , it fasci- nates and confounds ornithologists : a bird , clutching an ant in its bill ...
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... ants . The most widely advanced ex- planation for this strange habit is that the birds use the ants to rid themselves of parasites . Some ob- servers , like Frazar , have stated that the ants seize the parasites ; others believe that ...
... ants . The most widely advanced ex- planation for this strange habit is that the birds use the ants to rid themselves of parasites . Some ob- servers , like Frazar , have stated that the ants seize the parasites ; others believe that ...
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... ants ( page 113 ) . The popular belief that birds ant to rid them- selves of parasites also poses many questions . Were anting done to en- able the ants physically to seize the parasites , the chance of their doing so , it seems to me ...
... ants ( page 113 ) . The popular belief that birds ant to rid them- selves of parasites also poses many questions . Were anting done to en- able the ants physically to seize the parasites , the chance of their doing so , it seems to me ...
Contents
Into the Heart of Africa The Weeks Expedition Collecting Birds | xviii |
KITIMAT Canadas Aluminum Titan By David S Boyer With 10 color illustrations 376 | xxv |
Amiable Rogue in a Black Mask Tough Curious and Unawed by Man | xxxii |
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