guds
guds I have often seen the water covered with a clustered flock [of puffins], all engaged in making a hoarse, rasping sound, not unlike the filing of a saw; this is also done both by the "murre," and the "turre," and at such times, which ever species is present, they receive from...
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| Summary: | guds I have often seen the water covered with a clustered flock [of puffins], all engaged in making a hoarse, rasping sound, not unlike the filing of a saw; this is also done both by the "murre," and the "turre," and at such times, which ever species is present, they receive from the sailors the name of "guds," from a fancied resemblance to that sound. G.M.Story July 1963 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I Used I 1 Used I |
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