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Page 249
... Swans usually keep together in large flocks . It is seldom that one sees a couple at any distance from hun- dreds of others . If the tide recedes to leave large banks uncovered , the Swans , having obtained sufficient food , generally ...
... Swans usually keep together in large flocks . It is seldom that one sees a couple at any distance from hun- dreds of others . If the tide recedes to leave large banks uncovered , the Swans , having obtained sufficient food , generally ...
Page 250
... Swans and gathered their eggs . His entry for 20th August 1830 went : ' On the Forester River in north - eastern Tasmania we saw hun- dreds of Swans and an abundance of young ones swimming about , and hundreds of their nests studded the ...
... Swans and gathered their eggs . His entry for 20th August 1830 went : ' On the Forester River in north - eastern Tasmania we saw hun- dreds of Swans and an abundance of young ones swimming about , and hundreds of their nests studded the ...
Page 251
... Swan was dt gratified . ' dede : Indiscriminate shooting continued year after year , in the breeding season and out of it . Battues went into the Tmarshes and lagoons to drive flocks Tr of the Swans before them . In 1910 the Tasmanian ...
... Swan was dt gratified . ' dede : Indiscriminate shooting continued year after year , in the breeding season and out of it . Battues went into the Tmarshes and lagoons to drive flocks Tr of the Swans before them . In 1910 the Tasmanian ...
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JANUARY 1969 VOLUME 305 | 1 |
CONTENTS | 11 |
SURTSEY THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND BY ESME SPEAKMAN | 13 |
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