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that the bird disappeared from the surface. Even then, owing to 'eur- tailment of sprce and depth, its im- mersions were only of momentary duration. Capture was effected without dificulty by simply waiting The little auk is quite a pigmy until the bird floated Over the wheri compared with its congenera sunken net. Judging from its con- the familiar guillemot, razorbill, tented demeanour and bright eyes,

Bank, Wire..... 114 and puffla, says Prof. C. J. Patter the pronounced emaciation of its Bank, on demand .... 114 in the Manchester

Guardian. body filled me with surpriso. I was Bank, 4 months' sight 11 5/16. Formerly the great auk, glant still more surprised to

months' find the Credits, group, was abund- breastbone fractured and some in-

sight

11 15/16 ant in certain temperate regions ternal organs injured. But birds,

Documentary, 4 the

northern hemisphere. the world over, are brimful of the

months sight 1/1/15 It was unable to fly, and its breed-enjoyments of life, and optimism

Co Paran ing colonies, casily accessible, wore seems to eling evon when death President Cleveland ruthlessly raided. Man has been

comes knocking at the door. .Takada

largely responsible for the extirpa- We may

surmise that during .Empress of Russia tion of this quaint, specics, now heavy westerly gates the mountain- .Malwa

extinct for the past 86 years.

On ous billows, veritable towering At On demand the contrary, its diminutive cousin, lantic "rollers," had threatened to

Credits, 60 days' barely one-fourth in size, flies ad- engul oar hardy pelagic traveller.

sight mirably, and is holding its own with Doubtless scores of its kind, scat- Un Hombay- undiminished vigour. It is a hardy tered over the face of the deep, On demand little creature,, well adapted for a found themselves in the same pre- rough pelagic life, and able to en- dicament. We picture them taking dure the low temperature and wing to avert danger; when neces- blizzards of the Arctic regiona.sity arises the flight of the little Indeed it has a predilection for the auk is strong and rapid. Numbera neighbourhood of icebergs, and is driven, westward by the raging known to American fishermen as gales, will have made for the shelter the "ice bird. Some years back, of the British seaboard. Even the when passing a huge iceberg in the haven proves inhospitable. To steer Gulf of St. Lawrence, I observed in clear of the angry surf, dashing the surrounding waters a large furiously against the rocks. the gathering of little auks fraternising fugitives are forced once more to with smaller companies of razorbills take to the wing; embarking this and puffins.

time on an overland route. During The plumace of the little auk their flurried excursion some drop conforme that of the other mem-out from sheer exhaustion, and bers of the family, the black guille sojourn in unwonted haunts until mot affording the one exception: opportunity permits them to reach upper plumage, glossy black; breast. the sea coast again. Others are an snowy white; chin and throat, black unfortunately situated that they fa Bammer, white in winter, mot:led cannot move off: they succumb to in spring and autumn, the mouit starvation. In all probability a being gradual. Male and female few Inggarde fall victims to pre- ....6 p.m. alike. Youngsters resemble their datory enemies. Finally, we picture parents in winter garb. The little not a few being killed or crippled auk measures 8.5 inches; the wing by colliding with lighthouse lantens half that length. The clutch con

or with weathercocks, lightning sists of a single, remarkably larga conductors, telegraph or telephone egg, pale greenish blue; in some wires, or even with broadcasting instances lightly blotched and aeriala, streaked with rusty red. The nest ing site is generally in a hole or a recess, under stones, some distance from the surface, to avoid raids by the Arctic fox and other enemies. But on sheer precipices, a couple of thousand feet or more above sen level, the nesting site is usually less secluded. In large colonies, where space is at a premium, the eggs, for the most part, occupy exposed ledges.

MARCH 4.

MARCH 7. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

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Letters FEBRUARY

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Lotters

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Lettere

Halvard MARCH 1.

Canton Maru MARCH 2.

In spring the little nuk journey? post-haste to Its home in the Far. North In the Old World its breed- ing range extends from Iceland castwards to Novaya Zemlya. It is wonderful to behold the myriads of on the pre- little auka assembled

clifts of cipitous

Spitzbergen. Astonishingly large numbers also congregate stiil farther north on the .Feb. 28, Noon | drift ice. In the New World the.

......1 p.m. breeding range extends from Green

2.30 p.m.

land (also inhabited by swarming colonica) westward to the castern 9 a.m.

side of Arctic Canada. When the breeding duties have been dis charged the swarming masses scat ter into smaller partie, and then lead a gipsylike, pelagic life. Leav ing the Arctic tegions they migrata southwards, and in autumn and early winter they abound and are widely distributed in the North Atlantic and North Sea. With the advance of the cold season the more energetic travellers push forward until they reach about latitude 35deg. N., when the coastal areas of the Azorea and Canary Isles are not lafrequently visited. To the British Isles the little auk is an irregular visitor. Its advent de (Due Marseilles, Apr. 3.) pends largely upon adverse weather.

G.P.O.

When exceptionally severe con- Registration .Mar. 8, 12.45 p.m.ditions set in, especially at son, the Letters ...

...1.30 p.m. bird often appears in considerable Kunsang

numbers, seeking the shelter of Parcele

bays and harbours. When driven Letters

inland by heavy gales it has fre quently been found taking refuge in weird situations: The following incident, which came under my per sonal notice, illustrates this point in an impressive manner..

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Strafta, *Egypt and *Europe win

Marseilles

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Swatow and Amoy

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A Disabled Visitor. Heedless of a small knot of lively and inquisitive spectators, a neat little figure with a snowy breast drifted leisurely, like a toy boat, in the fcuntain.. which stands in the centre of the quadrangle of Sheffield University. It was a little auk This charming and strange visitor showed no inclination to escape by flight and it was not until I touch ed the water with a landing net

con-

Doubtless the cheery little crip- ple, who floated so contentedly fà the University fountain, had pre viously crashed when migrating of topmost speed, during the hours of darkness, and although its wings. escaped injury, the shock, comitant with the lesions sustained, brought it to earth. Ita inability to obtain food in so unnatural an en- vironment, especially in a crippled state accounts for its advanced emaciation.

CHINA DISBANDMENT.

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Tientsin, Jan. 15. While the conferences between Mr. T. V. Soong, General Chang Houel-liang and Divisional com mandors of Shansi add north-west- ern China are being continued, it transpires that Mr. Soong has brought to Tientain about $800,000 to pay off the ex-Kuominchun and Shanai commanders, persuading them to hand

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Washington, D.C., Feb. 18. Advocates of birth control in the H. K. Ropes..... United States to-day appeared as Stores, &c. witnesses before the Senate sub committee which is considering Dairy Farm (old) ...$ the liberalization of the 60 years old federal laws which prohibit Der A Winga dissemination of birth control-in- formation.

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over to General EFFORT TO EASE OLD LAWS IN Calds Marg, Ord....The. Chang. Mr. Soong's estimate of

AMERICA. $800,000 has failed to meet the numerous and exorbitant demands of the Shans! Commanders, who insist on the issue, in the name of the Shanghai Provincial Govern ment, of a $24,000,000 Joan. In view of the fact that $800,000 is proving inadequate, Mr. Soong will wire to Nanking for more money.. The Nanking Minister, however has succeeded in reaching some understanding concerning disband- Mrs. Margaret Sanger, who has sinceres - ment expenses, promising to pay long been an ardent advocate of to each of the commanders from birth control, even to the point of $50,000 to $60,000 for 10,000 men, facing imprisonment for the sake Miscellaneous, and from $30,000 to $100,000 for of her beliefs, pleaded for reixxa-HK. Amuse, (C. R.)$ 20,000 men.

tlor and liberalization of the

J7 (Right) $ federal laws. She urged that the ch, Entertainment ... 151 government make it possible to H. E. Constructions. $ give mothers scientific information B. Ind. G. Bonds... so that the sizes of families in | H. K. Goyt. Coupe.$ um America may be controlled,

Some of the minor commanders with small independent armies have approached General Chang for a share of the disbandment funds.

Visit Postponed.

Nanking, Jan, 15.

In view of pressure of work at Nanking, President Chiang Kai- shek has postponed his intended trip to North China to Inspect the Nationalist forces along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and con- fer with his Divisional Comman dera on the disbandment problem.

General Chu Pel-teh, Chief of Staff to the President, will leave for North China via the Tientsin Pukow Railway to represent the President.

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Birth control, Mrs. Sanger said, should be tolerated in considera tion for the health of mothers and Speculative shares. "Sales to Shanghal for the welfare of children.

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The federal laws which the birth control advocates are seeking to change make it illegal to send any information regarding birth trol through the mails. It is doubted by observers that any changes in the existing laws wili be possible during the fast dying present or final session of the 71st Congress.--United Press.

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