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A NATURALIST IX THE MAGDALEX ISI.AXDS. 



Wc left too early for really good shooting. Any one wish- 

 ing to visit the islands for sport should be there during the 

 month of September, when the Ducks, Geese, Teal, etc., are 

 very })lentiful. The following is a list of some of the birds 

 we shot during the week endino- Au^^ust 20, which have more 



interest to the sports 

 Godwits 

 Yellowlcgs 

 Teal 

 Snipe 

 Sandpipers 

 Gurlew . 

 Plover . 

 Turnstones 

 Duck 



nan than to the 



naturalist : — 



6 



64 

 6 



9 



57 



7 



74 

 21 



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Small birds may be kept, by those who have not the leisure 

 to prepare them in the usual way, by an injection of carbolic 

 acid, the " crude " I think the best. Take a syringe and 

 inject a small quantity into the throat and vent, introduce a 

 small piece of cotton into the cavities to prevent the acid 

 from staining the feathers, and the bird is ready to be placed 



