The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 67
... nest in trees or bushes , or about houses . The nest is often very large , as much as two feet in length , and may contain several hundred individuals ( pages 68 , 70 , 71 and Plate V , upper ) . INTRUDERS IN A HORNETS ' NEST This ...
... nest in trees or bushes , or about houses . The nest is often very large , as much as two feet in length , and may contain several hundred individuals ( pages 68 , 70 , 71 and Plate V , upper ) . INTRUDERS IN A HORNETS ' NEST This ...
Page 69
... nest is built so that it is exposed to the weather it is naturally likely to get wet . Undaunted , the wasps lap up the water and then re- gurgitate it away from the nest . Mr. Phil Rau has discovered a still more remarkable fact . In ...
... nest is built so that it is exposed to the weather it is naturally likely to get wet . Undaunted , the wasps lap up the water and then re- gurgitate it away from the nest . Mr. Phil Rau has discovered a still more remarkable fact . In ...
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... nest only once or twice a day to feed their young . Their nest was 80 feet up in a huge sycamore tree that took almost an hour to climb . To save time we sometimes used a rope instead of spurs . ALMOST AN ACCIDENT We had a near calamity ...
... nest only once or twice a day to feed their young . Their nest was 80 feet up in a huge sycamore tree that took almost an hour to climb . To save time we sometimes used a rope instead of spurs . ALMOST AN ACCIDENT We had a near calamity ...
Contents
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
Hark to the Hounds By FREEMAN LLOYD | 453 |
A Roll Call of the Hounds 31 portraits in color from paintings by EDWARD | 467 |
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