Author: Walter E. Collinge

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780656176359

Excerpt from Journal of the Wild Bird Investigation Society, Vol. 1: November, 1919 On the other hand the \vater-hen is almost purely local, and unless severe snow and frosts drive it away is with us the whole year round. With little additions to its numbers except after the breeding season. The result is that a single glance at the above isolated pond list and it only contains about two-thirds of the species found in these ponds - tells the worker at once which species are duck-carried and which are more locally moved by \vater-hens. The rarely found ones are purely duck-carried. The common ones are carried by both species; the \vild Duck from a distance. And the \vater-hen locally. There is. However, another and most important law lying under the surface of this frequency table, which must always be looked out for in the field and jotted down there. W'hen a rare species in isolated ponds is found in local aggregates Of ponds, or in associated ponds. There is proof positive that this species is not only \vild Duck-carried. But locally vvater Hen dispersed. They are noted in this list as locally associated. Another short article will be required to show how these species are carried by these birds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.