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This, if true, which I do not doubt, would go far to prove my theory correct; but it is not easy to arrive at absolute certainty, for if I am right, during that period birds are to be found no where in abundance, and a man must be a downright Audubon to be willing to go mountain-stalking the hardest walking in the world, by the way purely for the sake of learning the habits of friend Scolopax, with no hope of getting a good bag after all."
He found the fauna of this country much richer than the flora; he perceived long flocks of geese and cranes going northward, partridges, eider ducks of a bluish black, sandpipers, a sort of wading bird of the scolopax class, northern divers, plungers with very long bodies, numerous ptarmites, a sort of bird very good to eat, dovekies with black bodies, wings spotted with white, feet and beak red as coral; noisy bands of kittywakes and fat loons with white breasts, represented the ornithology of the island.
Different tones are emitted by the feathers of the different species when waved through the air; and the Scolopax Wilsonii of the United States makes a switching noise whilst descending rapidly to the earth. See M. Meves' interesting paper in 'Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 199. For the habits of the snipe, Macgillivray, 'History of British Birds, vol. iv. p. 371. For the American snipe, Capt.
Of birds we remarked: the Aquila leucocephala, Astur, Corvus Corone and Stelleri, and some varieties of the species Turdus, Sylvia, Troglodytes, Parus, Alcedo, Picus, Ardea, Hæmatopus, Scolopax, Charadrius, Anas, and Colymbus. Trochilus rufus is not only often found here, but also under sixty degrees of latitude. A small shoal of Procellaria furcata was once driven into the Bay by stormy weather.
Scolopax frenata, tail feathers of; Scolopax gallinago, drumming of. Scolopax javensis, tail-feathers of. Scolopax major, assemblies of. Scolopax Wilsonii, sound produced by. Scolytus, stridulation of. Scoter-duck, black, sexual difference in coloration of the; bright beak of male. Scott, Dr., on idiots smelling their food. Scott, J., on the colour of the beard in man.
But vainly did I plead, and a false advocate was Cypress after all, despite his nominal friendship, for that unhappy Scolopax, who in July at least deserves his nickname minor, or the infant.
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