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Identifier: birdlore31901nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
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is chosen because it seems convenient. Such, how-ever, did not seem to be the case with the Arries. On the contrary, thereseemed to be a very definite selective process, for a bird would alight, cockits head on one side, waddle a step or two, cast another knowing lookabout, and after a few such trials apparently find an egg that seemed satis-factory and settle contentedly down upon it. May it not be that thewonderful variation in the color of the eggs, a variation that is most strikingwhen seen in nature, enables each bird to find its own with ease? Anothersuggestion in regard to the eggs of Murres is that the very pale eggs (andsome are absolutely devoid of markings) are the later layings of birds whoseearlier eggs have been destroyed, and this suggestion seems very plausible. The Kittiwakes (Rissa brevirostris and R. tridactyla pollicaris) weremostly confined to the ledges of rock about the landing place, but theBurgomasters occupied the higher central portion of the islet where the
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48 Bird-Lore rock was covered by a scanty soil, forming a colony of goodly size,although by no means crowded. In view of the numbers of old birdscircling overhead, the scarcity of eggs and apparent absence of youngseemed a little remarkable; but a more careful look showed them all aboutus, squeezed among the rocks, half concealed under the scanty tufts of grassor, with tightly closed eyes, flattening themselves into some slight depres-sion in the soil. Not one, if memory be not treacherous, was in its nest;and some of the larger birds were a long way from home, skulking alongamong the rocks in the endeavor to put as much distance as possiblebetween themselves and the unwelcome intruders. A number of youngBurgomasters may usually be seen about the village of St. Paul, their legs

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