Identifier: audubonmagazine02nati (find matches)
Title: The Audubon magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y. : Forest and Stream Publishing Co.)
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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there. No, maam, if you please, not the sau-rians, because they had cold blood, butfour-footed animals with warm blood, likethe birds. But how do you know that birds havewarm blood, asked the Hesperornis, sus-piciously. Because, said Charley, if birds siton their eggs it makes them warm, but iffishes and saurians sat on their eggs itwouldnt. Thats quite true, said the Hesper- 234 Charley s Wo7iderful Journeys. ornis, and have you warm blood like thebirds ? Yes, said Charley. Well, that is lucky, said the Hesper-ornis; I am sure you must be tired ofstanding, and you can sit on my eggs whileI go fishing. Charley thought it was a very strangething to ask him to do, but he was always dropped the fish and stood still with openjaws as if turned to a fossil. Charley sat very still, waiting for theHesperornis to speak first, and at lengththe astonished bird recovered himself suf-ficiently to say Hallo. Hallo, said Charley, quietly. What are you doing sitting on oureggs? asked the Hesperornis.
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r-^;^^?/ • THE HESPERORNIS STOOD STILL WITH OPEN JAWS. willing to oblige, so he said he wouk! keepthe eggs warm with pleasure until she cameback. So he sat down very softly on theeggs, and she straddled off to the sea to gofishing. She hadnt been gone very long beforeher husband came back with a big fish inhis jaws, and as the island was all coveredwith mounds of guano, he never sawCharley until he was close to the nest, whenhe suddenly caught sight of him, and wasso startled at the strange sight that he Mrs. Hesperornis, that is your wife,asked me to sit on them and keep themwarm while she went fishing. How dare you call my wife such badnames, I wont stand it, said the Hesper-ornis, gnashing his teeth with rage. If you please, sir, I didnt mean anyharm, and it isnt a bad name. Isnt a bad name ! screeched theHesperornis; what does it mean then? If you please, said Charley, it onlymeans that you live out west. Charley s Wonderful Journeys. 235 But we dont live out west, said theHespe

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