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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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44-1 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOUllNAL III st'\ tTul ca.scs birds Hew toward me to exuiiiiiie i'alleu (-oiiipauioiij?, iiniuedi- alcl)- after a guiisliot and within plain .sii;l)t, sound, and range of the gun. J saw a half dozen swans and several grebes on Bleaker Island, but they were too wild to spend time on, so an extra trip to Sea Lion Island fifteen miles to (be southw'ard was planned. On Sea Lion Island a colony of giant fulmars was nesting, in addition to the pen- guins, shags, skuas, gulls, and smaller birds. A warm, sunny day favored me in taking pictures and several satis- factory results were secured. The nest- ing Scoresby gulls, placing their eggs in clumps of tiissac grass so easily ap- l)roached by penguin trails, were a delight to me after having gazed at nesting colonies from afar the prect'd- iiig season, one colony on Tloste Island being on top of a pinnacle rock, and another at Ildefonso Island approach- able only hy a seal or one chid in seal- skin moccasins and gloves to climb the slippery waterworn rock. Although the day had been so pleas- ant, an increasing swell on the rocky reefs surrounding the islet warned the captain to be gone, and he sailed as soon as we were aboard. Stopping a day at Bleaker Island, while a slirieking gale l)lew over, an abbreviated visit was made by steamer to West l*oint Island, where the black-browed albatrosses nest, l)ut our stay on tlie islands was cut sliort by a rumor that after the steamer in Fel)runry called anolher would not appear before )\Iay. We left witb re- gret the finest ground lor Mi-il (ibulog- i-;i;»liy tbat I have ever encnunU'reil in niv Wiinderinii's.
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