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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



tall, dead trees along the 

 islands, but navigation on 

 the river frightens them 

 away and they are driven to 

 the region about Havana. 

 Illinois, where the young 

 birds in this group were 

 taken. 



The background of the 

 Beach Birds group is a scene 

 taken east of Millers, In- 

 diana, and is a typical scene 

 during the migration of our 

 Limicolae. Twenty years ago 

 these birds could be seen dur- 

 ing the month of August in 

 far greater numbers than our 

 group shows. The birds are 

 the Willet, Turnstone, Robin 



assisting 



the marsh, 

 the water, 

 alighting. 



BEACH BIRDS GROUP 



Snipe and Sanderling. 



For years we have been 

 bird students in identifying the Gulls, 

 Terns, Ducks, Hawks and Owls. As 

 a rule these birds are only seen fly- 

 ing. The specimens mounted stand- 

 ing do not offer a fair means of identi- 

 fication. Hence our decision to mount 

 all of these birds in an attitude of 

 flight. This has proven very satis- 

 factory. The group of Spoonbill 

 Ducks are mounted as they arise from 

 The Scaup are just dropping their legs preparing to alight on 

 The Canvas-back are twisting and turning as they do when 



Frank M. Woodruff. 



CANVAS BACKS 



SCAUP AND SPOON BILLS 



