. Uccello-lore. Ding conchiglie andalga che non sarebbero stati benoticed a meno che stiate specialmente cercando loro. I Skimmer hanno una forma simile a quella di un gabbiano, con un corpo lungo e sottile e ali lunghe, che si stendono quasi tre piedi. Hanno una parte posteriore nera lucida, ELAfK SKIMMER wliltc brcast, piedi arancioni, e una becco arancione più curioso forma, che è quasi sottile come un coltello, i bordi sottili chiudendosi verticalmente insieme. Questa peculiarità ha dato all'uccello il nome di Razor Bill. Il loro volo regolare e aggraziato non può essere scambiato per thatof qualsiasi altro uccello. Si scorra appena sopra la superficie dell'acqua,f

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. Bird-lore . ding shells andseaweed that they would not benoticed unless you were especiallylooking for them. The Skimmers are gull-like in form, with long, slender body and long wings, spreading almost three feet. They have a glossy black back, ELAfK SKIMMER wliltc brcast, orange feet, and a most curiously shaped orange bill, which is almost as thin as a knife, the thin edges closing vertically together. This peculiarity has given the bird the name of Razor Bill. Their graceful and regular flight can hardly be mistaken for thatof any other bird. They skim just over the surface of the water, following the contour of the waves, while the lower mandible of their 82 Bird- Lore bill, which is longer than the upper, projects below the surface of thewater, and when it comes in contact with a small fish, the lattersimply slide up the narrow, inclined plane into the Skimmersmouth. Formerly they bred in great numbers along the eastern coast ofour Middle and Southern Atlantic states, and only a few years ago. NKsr AMI !•; )F I.l.ACK SKIMMER were abundant on the New Jersey coast. They have been crowdedout, however, by encroaching civilization, and hunted down by themilliners agents and the egg-collectors. In June, 1898, I found themon Cobbs Island, Virginia, to the number of about two hundred pairs, where, not long ago, they bred in thousands. As the eggs are entirely exposed, the parents are relieved tosome extent from the duty of incubation by the heat of the sun, and as soon as the young hatch they run about like chickens. After getting two good pictures of the Skimmer and her eggs, I turned my attention to a Gull-billed Tern, and while standing over GULL-BILLED TERN her nest, which contained two eggs and one fuzzy young, justhatched, I obtained a rather remarkable picture of the parent birdflying straight at the camera, nicely illustrating what a small sectionalarea a bird occupies while flying. The Cardinal at the Hub BY ELLA GILBERT IVES With Photographs from nature by Bl

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