Heligoland has been 'suffering ati aerial invasion of a magnitude beyond the dreams of aviators. In oaily autumn the island is one of the ras'r; places of the birds migrating from the re i tli, and for night after .■-••;ht they p>iis in countless armies. In times of peacj the islanders turn the invasio, to profit, stirring abroad all night with lanterns and nets, trapping the weak and weary birds that snatoh si few minutes' rest. Mr. Scebohm -records having known 15,000 ,larks alono trapped in a single night, of which number a lighthouse malt caught 300 by fixing a wire net outside tho great lantern.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2613, 8 November 1915, Page 8
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106Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2613, 8 November 1915, Page 8
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