A song-thrush was
also shot in Portugal, which had been marked in Scotland the same
year.
A young guillemot was taken from its nest in Aberdeenshire and marked,
and less than five months afterwards it was shot in Sweden.
So, you see, it is interesting to watch in this way what the birds do
in the travelling line.
Scouts can help in keeping a look out, and if ever they capture or
hear of a bird marked with a ring, they should report it to Professor
A. Thomson, The University, Aberdeen. They should state the number on
the ring, the kind of bird, where found, and the date on which it was
found.
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STUDYING ANIMALS.
The boar is certainly the bravest of all animals: he is the real "King
of the Jungle," and the other animals all know it. If you watch a
drinking-pool in the jungle at night, you will see the animals that
come to it all creeping down nervously, looking out in every direction
for hidden enemies. But when the boar comes he simply swaggers down,
with his great head and shiny tusks swinging from side to side; he
cares for nobody, but everybody cares for him; even a tiger drinking
at the pool will give a snarl and sneak quickly out of sight.
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