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Out of fourteen varieties of birds found a century since on a single island  the West Indian island of St. Thomas  eight have now to be numbered among the missing.") OUT OF FOURTEEN VARIETIES OF BIRDS FOUND A CENTURY SINCE ON A SINGLE ISLAND THE WEST INDIAN ISLAND OF SAINT THOMAS EIGHT HAVE NOW TO BE NUMBERED AMONG THE MISSING
to the eye than any I have ever observed elsewhere. About three-fourths of the "inner" surface of the earth is land and about one-fourth water. There are numerous rivers of tremendous size, some flowing in a northerly direction and others southerly. Some of these rivers are thirty miles in width, and it is out of these vast waterways, at the extreme northern and southern parts of the "inside" surface of the earth, in regions where low temperatures are experienced, that fresh-water icebergs are formed. They are then pushed out to sea like huge tongues of ice, by the abnormal freshets of turbulent waters that, twice every year, sweep everything before them. We saw innumerable specimens of bird-life no larger than those encountered in the forests of Europe or America. It is well known that during the last few years whole species of birds have quit the earth. A writer in a recent article on this subject says:(19) (19 "Almost every year sees the final extinction of one or more bird species. ATTRACTIVE TO THE IRON THAN ANY I HAVE EVER OBSERVED ELSEWHERE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS LAND AND ABOUT ONE FOURTH WATER THERE ARE NUMEROUS RIVERS OF TREMENDOUS SIZE SOME FLOWING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND OTHERS SOUTHERLY SOME OF THESE RIVERS ARE THIRTY FIVE MILES IN WIDTH AND IT IS OUT OF THESE VAST WATERWAYS AT THE EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IN REGIONS WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPERIENCED THAT FRESH WATER ICEBERGS ARE FORMED THEY ARE THEN PUSHED OUT TO SEA LIKE HUGE TONGUES OF ICE BY THE ABNORMAL FRESHETS OF TURBULENT WATERS THAT TWICE EVERY YEAR SWEEP EVERYTHING BEFORE THEM WE SAW INNUMERABLE SPECIMENS OF BIRD LIFE NO LARGER THAN THOSE ENCOUNTERED IN THE FORESTS OF EUROPE OR AMERICA IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS WHOLE SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE QUIT THE EARTH A WRITER IN A RECENT ARTICLE ON THIS SUBJECT SAYS NO NINETEEN ALMOST EVERY YEAR SEES THE FINAL EXTINCTION OF ONE OR MORE BIRD SPECIES
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