PHOSPHORESCENT BIRDS
In reading of the habits of the wadiu; birds says a correspondent of th> "Solentlfio Amerloan," and particularly of the orane, Ido not find that natural's- b give any account of their manner of attracting their prey at night. My attention was called to the matter whilt digging for fiih by frequently observing dim phosphoric lights appear and dis Appear along the shore like J4ck-o' lanterns, whioh I for a long time Bupposeo them to be O i ona occasion £ fired at uucb ft light, and brought down a Urge blue crane, on which the phosphoric spots wert were dearly visible after death. There-, were two such spots, tbe larger being high Vp on the bretst and the smaller at the bottom of the bteait bone, the bird having power to reveal and conceal them at will. I have stuffed many of the water- walkers, and find that all have the geceral arrangement of the feathers, and, as I believe the ■ame power of liphtlog ap the water to attraot the fish. Will some naturalist who Is posted on this subjeot please throw seme light upon it, for the benefit of , tdenee! j
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1755, 1 February 1888, Page 3
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195PHOSPHORESCENT BIRDS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1755, 1 February 1888, Page 3
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