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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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surviving as the duck with powerfulwings. Who are the opponents of the doctrineof Evolution? In the scientific worldthey are difficult to find. Professor Vir-chow, of Berlin, the distinguished pathol-ogist must, I think, be classed as one, al-though his verdict is really not proven.Professor Haeckel, however, has pointedout that the opinion of a pathologist, nomatter how eminent, upon the subject ofevolution cannot carry much weight. Until recently we had with us two menof science whose opposition to some por-tion of the doctrine of evolution was ofimportance. These men were Sir Will-iam Dawson, the Canadian geologist, andMr. Mivart, the English anatomist. Bothof these gentlemen have died within thepast two years. Having now written a brief outline ofthe doctrine of Evolution, I believe that Icannot do better than conclude this versimperfect sketch with a ((notation fromthe immortal Shakespeare: The truth can never be confirmed enough,Though doubts did ever sleep. Lawrence Irwell. 210
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7 THE SURF SCOTER. (Oidemia perspicillata.) The Surf Scoter is also known by ><.-\eral other popular nanus, such as theSurf Duck, the Surf or Sea Coot and, notinfrequently, the Booby. The name Vel-vet Duck, though more commonly ap-plied to the white-winged scoter, is alsosometimes used to designate this species. This Scoter is an American speciesand is only an accidental visitor to Euro-pean coasts. Its range includes thecoasts and larger inland waters of north-ern North America; in winter, south toFlorida, to the Ohio River and to SanQuentin Bay, Lower California. Our illustration- is that of a male bird.The female is a sooty brown, silvery graybelow and with much white on the sidesof the head. Immense flocks of the young of thisspecies winter on San Diego Bay, Cali-fornia. Here the adult birds are of ratherrare occurrence for they are able to with-stand the rigors of an arctic winter andstay far to the northward where they area common resident. In the vicinity ofSan Diego ther

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