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nest. Three ysoosaci: young in it., one quite siaall (dietanoe 3-1/2 feet plioto) 
(mayo© I ean work siae out fro® that, or from leaTOS of rmjagrom), one .middle 
size, but more nearer largest than smallest bird were a quite pea green, 
?ar«it heron did not oorae b&ok nhol© time, I feed to take first photo® -arhile 
sun was under ©loud. Wanting to see time, I wandered up beaoh to piim&olee 
but found nobody and a® sun had seeniAtl© ocrae tmok bright and strong, I 
rushed baok for another shot at her<m nest. iMle first wndoring around 
I took piotur©s of little flock of dun^ that kept swingis^ig to and fro without 
mudt ooncera, Ilgy haw been aostly if not all half grown young frc® one 
litter* 
ill told, in Islands I*t 0 seen raayb© 24 pintails, not oounting 
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babies, 4 adult m lakes on nlddle ^Si^aour, 3 on far lakes, and aa^bo 
15-16 + on lagom at Ja^aas* 
Meaarfiilo at Villamil Sr« Douglas tells :m tlmt natives tell hin 
of great nusber of ducks on lagoon baok of town at certain saesons. 
Captain Picking speaks of migratory blue wind teali I contend al.l pintail and 
not teal here (who is right), 
I have not seen a single flaaingo ttils trip, but on canvassing arotsid 
find reports of about 2 (Barron saw 2 in flij^ht), ilisro can liiey all be? 
inyway, after getting my pictwe taken. Captain sent lauaoh for 
mo and wo went down coast to 0 a. 8 t or northeast looking for Oscar the pet 
seal, asis now on his fourth ©scape* We went quite a ways to eastward, hills 
got scrubby and impenetrable, looking like north side of Indefatigable, 
Went as far as we dared In time we h.ad| got rained on a little, but and as 
we were approaching ship had flashed to us (by Morse code with light) that 
Osoar had returned first mxmi tiiw over side aeui in olmrge jumped after him 
and he smm bad: into M.s arms* 
