. British birds . ^ the camera was placed withinarms length of the bird and another exposure made whichresulted in the accompanying intimate portrait (page 7). Iuncoxcred my head, but she remained firm, and when I. SLAVONIAiN ijKliBE AT NEST, SHOWING VEGETATION PULLED UPON ONE SIDE OF THE NEST TO SHIELD THE EGGS. [Photographed by A. D. DuBois.) extended my hand toward her she reached out her long neckand delivered a vicious, stinging stab with her sharp bill. The exposed situation of this nest is shown in severalof the photographs. It consisted of a mass of coarse grasses,many of them fresh an
. British birds . ^ the camera was placed withinarms length of the bird and another exposure made whichresulted in the accompanying intimate portrait (page 7). Iuncoxcred my head, but she remained firm, and when I. SLAVONIAiN ijKliBE AT NEST, SHOWING VEGETATION PULLED UPON ONE SIDE OF THE NEST TO SHIELD THE EGGS. [Photographed by A. D. DuBois.) extended my hand toward her she reached out her long neckand delivered a vicious, stinging stab with her sharp bill. The exposed situation of this nest is shown in severalof the photographs. It consisted of a mass of coarse grasses,many of them fresh and green, floating in about a foot ofwater, the body of the nest below the water-line being ofsuch bulk as to almost touch the muddy bottom. The nest- 6 MUriISH BIRDS. [vol. xiv. lining, in the bottom of tlie well-hollowed cavit}, was verywet and soggy, being only slightly above the water surfacewhen the nest was unoccupied, and probably below it whenthe weight of the bird w^as added to that of the nest. Thislining was composed of decaying vegetation which wasdecidedly warm to the touch, in the sunshine, while the wetrim of the nest was cold. The eggs of this set were taken. My next visit, on the eighteenth
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