The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 121Atlantic Monthly Company, 1918 - American essays |
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Page 321
... birds was very surprising indeed . But it was only in the southwestern deserts that I had opportunities of observing the ostrich's habits . The observations made are necessarily scanty and in- complete . The shy and elusive nature of the ...
... birds was very surprising indeed . But it was only in the southwestern deserts that I had opportunities of observing the ostrich's habits . The observations made are necessarily scanty and in- complete . The shy and elusive nature of the ...
Page 491
... birds about their grounds . Often live birds were so reduced in vitality that they allowed the passer- by to pick them up . When one dead bird was seen , no doubt hundreds es- caped notice in the fields and groves . A bird lives so ...
... birds about their grounds . Often live birds were so reduced in vitality that they allowed the passer- by to pick them up . When one dead bird was seen , no doubt hundreds es- caped notice in the fields and groves . A bird lives so ...
Page 757
... birds . I saw it twice among parties of wild birds in the Sotik country , beyond the Guaro Nyero of the south . Mr. Scully says that , as ostriches live under ' con- stant menace ' from carnivorous foes , ' the general practice of ...
... birds . I saw it twice among parties of wild birds in the Sotik country , beyond the Guaro Nyero of the south . Mr. Scully says that , as ostriches live under ' con- stant menace ' from carnivorous foes , ' the general practice of ...
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