NO BENZINE REQUIRED.
It is little more than 100 years since the first reliable records were obtained in America by bird-banding; but recently a wonder flight has been recorded in this way. An individual Arctic tern observed in Labrador, was found at Natal, Africa (9,000 miles distant), just 100 days later —having made a straight progressive flight of 90 miles a day, as well as zigzagging here and there in search of food. Compared with the birds, men are still amateurs at this touring business.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 24, 1 July 1931, Page 7
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85NO BENZINE REQUIRED. Forest and Bird, Issue 24, 1 July 1931, Page 7
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