. The birds about us. Birds. The Goatsuckers, Etc. 139 they squat closely at the side of a prostrate log or on it, but of late I have found horizontal branches of old apple-trees to be favorite places, the dense shade of an orchard where the branches of the trees interlock being nicely suited to their needs and re- placing the shade of the forest primeval, now a thing of the past. The nest is placed on the ground, if a little de- pression among dead leaves can be called a nest, and therein are laid two speckled eggs. The young are absurdly-shaped mud-colored balls when hatched, but very soon h
. The birds about us. Birds. The Goatsuckers, Etc. 139 they squat closely at the side of a prostrate log or on it, but of late I have found horizontal branches of old apple-trees to be favorite places, the dense shade of an orchard where the branches of the trees interlock being nicely suited to their needs and re- placing the shade of the forest primeval, now a thing of the past. The nest is placed on the ground, if a little de- pression among dead leaves can be called a nest, and therein are laid two speckled eggs. The young are absurdly-shaped mud-colored balls when hatched, but very soon have their wits about them and move with much freedom before they learn to fly. The old birds at this time are excellent actors and can play the wounded bird to perfection; but do not flat- ter yourself that you can pick them up. They may appear to be at your fin- gers' ends, but are sure to be out of reach. In very many respects the Night-hawk is a very different bird from the whippoorwill; certainly it is more active, even di- urnal as well as crepus- cular, and has no tiresome " ; It comes about the same time of year, and stays as long, or perhaps a week or two later, a good deal depending upon the character of the 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 Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad), 1843-1919. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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