 | 1884 - 1442 pages
...during foggy weather. Mr. Brewster writes : " At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the rocks in clouds, nearly every sitting bird taking its egg...shower of eggs fell into the water around our boat"— CHM SEEBOHM'S SIBERIA IN AsiA.1 — Though it is over a year since the appearance of this book, we... | |
 | 1888 - 528 pages
...number owing "to the recent introduction of a cannon which is fired every half-hour in foggy weather. At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the...shower of eggs fell into the water around our boat, So seriousi >*•>.] LUCAS on the Bird Jiocks of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 133 ly had the Murres suffered... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1891 - 552 pages
...half-hour during foggy weather. " At each discharge," he says, "the frightened murres fly from the rocks in clouds, nearly every sitting bird taking its egg...shower of eggs fell into the water around our boat." At 6 o'clock this evening we were 95 miles from Little Mecatina Island, and at 1 1 o'clock of the next... | |
 | 1899 - 1010 pages
...the rock in the shape of the cannon, which had been introduced shortly before his visit. He writes: "At each discharge the frightened murres fly from...thighs, and dropping it after flying a few yards. THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. This was repeatedly observed during our visit, and more than once a perfect shower... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1900 - 256 pages
...the Rock, in the shape of a cannon which had been introduced shortly before his visit. He writes : " At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the....once a perfect shower of eggs fell into the water about our boat." While the birds have become comparatively accustomed to the report of the guncotton... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1900 - 252 pages
...the Rock, in the shape of a cannon which had been introduced shortly before his visit. He writes : " At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the...once a perfect shower of eggs fell into the water about our boat." While the birds have become comparatively accustomed to the report of the guncotton... | |
 | Boston Society of Natural History - 1884 - 528 pages
...inaccessible^ as to the recent introduction of a cannon which is tired every half hour hi foggy weather. At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the...around our boat. So seriously had the Murres suffered from this cause that many of the ledges on the side of the rock where the gun was fired had been swept... | |
 | Boston Society of Natural History - 1884 - 564 pages
...inaccessible) as to the recent introduction of a caimoii which is tired every half hour in foggy weather. At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the...between its thighs and dropping it after flying a fewyards. This was repeatedly observed during our visit and more than once a perlect shower of eggs... | |
 | Boston Society of Natural History - 1884 - 524 pages
...inaccessible) as to the recent introduction of a cannon which is fired every half hour in foggy weather. At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the...into the air between its thighs and dropping it after Hying a few yards. This was repeatedly observed during our visit and more than once a. perfect shower... | |
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... foggy weather. At each discharge the frightened Murres fly from the rock in clouds, nearly every sitting bird taking its egg into the air between its thighs and dropping it after flying a few yards. This was repeatedly observed during our visit and... 