The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 69National Geographic Society, 1936 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 96
... birds taken , it is astonishing that any remain . With their heavy bodies and small wings , members of the auklet tribe can- not swerve quickly to avoid obstacles , though they fly with great rapidity . On certain days in early summer ...
... birds taken , it is astonishing that any remain . With their heavy bodies and small wings , members of the auklet tribe can- not swerve quickly to avoid obstacles , though they fly with great rapidity . On certain days in early summer ...
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 ...
Contents
American Bridge Company | xii |
Normandy France | xiii |
Normandy Choice of the Vikings By HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE 625 | xviii |
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