. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. 26o Mr. R. I. Pocock, parents, which with head lowered and bill advanced resolutely charged and put to flight every bird, from an Oyster Catcher to a Wagtail, that ventured too near. No further use was made of the nest, when once deserted. At night and off and on during the day one of the parent birds, no doubt the henr broods over her chick in the way depicted in our Fig. 1. FEMALE AVOCET BROODING OVER HER CHICK. Squatting upon her hocks, she utters a whistling call ; and the little one, running up in response to it, takes his stan
. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. 26o Mr. R. I. Pocock, parents, which with head lowered and bill advanced resolutely charged and put to flight every bird, from an Oyster Catcher to a Wagtail, that ventured too near. No further use was made of the nest, when once deserted. At night and off and on during the day one of the parent birds, no doubt the henr broods over her chick in the way depicted in our Fig. 1. FEMALE AVOCET BROODING OVER HER CHICK. Squatting upon her hocks, she utters a whistling call ; and the little one, running up in response to it, takes his stand beneath her, sometimes upon one of her legs, and thrusts his head and body beneath the breast-feathers and wing of one side, leaving nothing exposed but his legs which look like a pair of dwarfed supernumerary limbs depending from the breast of the mother. Although at first somewhat staggery and weak upon his legs, despite their thickness and suggested strength, the chick rapidly gained in vigour, and after a couple of days or so might be seen pattering about independently with all the confidence born of youth and inexperience, utterly oblivious of possibilities of danger and fully trusting, it would seem, to his parents to drive away every intruder. When feeding, the chick at first resorted to the pecking action characteristic of most birds and also of the old Avocets when eating definite particles of food. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Avicultural Society. [Ascot, Berkshire, etc. : Avicultural Society, etc. ]
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