Figure 14. — The Mississippi fly way. 



remarkable journey flies both day and night. As it swims lightly 

 and easily it may make a few short stops along the way, and it has 

 been seen actually resting on the ocean. Other shore birds have been 

 observed busily feeding in the great area of ocean known as the Sar- 

 gasso Sea, where thousands of square miles of floating seaweed teem 

 with marine life. 



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