THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



to South America. A fourth leads from Florida 

 to the Bahamas. A fifth, which is one of the 

 most remarkable of any, crosses the Atlantic 

 Coast from Nova Scotia to South America. 



Some birds spend the entire winter at sea. 

 Indeed they may never put foot on land except 

 when they visit it to nest. Frequently in going 

 by steamer to Florida or Cuba I have seen thou- 

 sands of those little web-footed Snipe, the Red 

 and the Northern Phalaropes. They were from 

 fifty to one hundred miles off shore, riding the 

 great waves like corks. Here they live from 

 August until May, feeding on small forms of 

 sea-life and sleeping in the "cradle of the deep." 

 With them were many Loons. We think of 

 these weird-voiced birds as solitary dwellers on 

 woodland lakes, but off the coast of Virginia I 

 have seen as many as 5,000 in a day. 



The swallow-like Petrels which, during the 

 summer, so often follow vessels in the North 

 Atlantic, nest in February and March in certain 

 islands in the Antarctic Ocean. When their 

 young are reared they all travel northward to 

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