THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



tail raised and spread, the wings drooped and the orange- 

 like air-sacs on the side of its neck inflated. Then with a 

 violent, jerking, muscular effort it produces the booming 

 note which can be heard at a great distance. The scene 

 represents a frosty morning on the United States Forest 

 Reservation in western Nebraska. 



Wild Goose. These birds arrive from the south before 

 the ice leaves the lakes. They lay their eggs in early May 

 in northern Canada. The sketches for the group were made 

 at Crane Lake, Saskatchewan. 



A Western Grebe Colony. These birds find ideal nesting 

 places with other aquatic birds about the shores of Crane 

 Lake, Saskatchewan. They walk with difficulty, and their 

 homes must therefore be near the water. They are very 

 shy and when setting leave the nest at the slightest alarm. 



The Loon. The loon is famous for its skill as a diver, 

 and there are stories of its being caught on "set lines" at a 

 depth of from forty to sixty feet. It swims with great speed, 

 and its call, a familiar sound on the northern New England 

 lakes, is said by the superstitious to indicate the approach- 

 ing death of some person in the vicinity. Though wintering 

 on salt water, it nests on the fresh-water lakes. 



Bird Rock. Here is reproduced a scene on Bird Rock in 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Seven species of birds are shown 

 nesting in the group: common murre and Brunnich's 

 murre, gannet, kittiwake gull, razor-billed auk, puffin and 

 Leach's petrel. Cartier, who recorded his visit to the 



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