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showed gaping wounds on the breast. These mutilations were probably 

 caused by the bites of fishes. 



I have often recalled the visit of the phalarope and of the 

 manner in which it abruptly ceased its feeding and disap- 

 peared over the south rim of the marsh. Was its passage a 

 safe one? What area did it ultimately reach? The words "not 

 a sparrow falls" seem particularly applicable, for if any crea- 

 ture appeared in need of protection it was this small bird as 

 it headed for hundreds of miles of open ocean. 



