The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 43
d feather will be of serviceto them. A month or two later the grassy marshwill be left to the muskrats, and the ducks willagain be with us, this time on their journey south-ward. The appearance and habits of theseautumn ducks are very interesting. FEATHERED HIGHWAYMEN It is a common practice,… … PARASITIC JAEGER AND GULLS. Thus it is that in certain groups there arespecies that rely on the efforts of others to pro-cure them an easy living. Perhaps the best ex-amples of these depraved birds are the skuas andjaegers or hunting gulls. These, while belongingto the same family as the gulls and…
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