. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . e topmostbaby bird, without the shghtestwarning, made a headlong dive to theground. The bush containing thenest and birds was one of a longrow of black raspberry shrubsand they obstructed theview on the opposite sidewhere the bird fell. Asquickly as possible I madehaste to recover the littleadventurer. This attempt was nota moment too soon,for, to my amazement,two large chickens,which had noticedthe helpless bi
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . e topmostbaby bird, without the shghtestwarning, made a headlong dive to theground. The bush containing thenest and birds was one of a longrow of black raspberry shrubsand they obstructed theview on the opposite sidewhere the bird fell. Asquickly as possible I madehaste to recover the littleadventurer. This attempt was nota moment too soon,for, to my amazement,two large chickens,which had noticedthe helpless bird,rushed at it and vi-ciously picked at thetiny waif which by thistime was crying endeavor at rescueseemed only to annoy oneof the fowls which, havinggrown bold, dashed inField Sparrow with nest and young bird, ahead of me, and having picked up the defencelessbird in its bill, started off on a run with it. By this time a well-aimed throw of my hat, which landed broadside near the chicken,frightened it so that it dropped its prey. The little bird wasfound practically uninjured, though had it remained much longerin sight of these ravenous fowls it would undoubtedly have. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WITH EXAMPLES 267 been killed and eaten by them. As a rule, young birds, afterleaving the nest, never return to it, so I tried placing this youngbird near the nest again, but it showed dissatisfaction at onceand jumped to the ground. The other two young birds had,in the meantime, lost self-control, and they, too, dropped tothe ground. After catching the birds several times and restoringthem to the nest, they showed the same antipathy toward it,each time immediately leaving the site. I had not intended todisperse the little family in the raspberry bush, but doubtlessthey would have soon left of their own volition. During these manoeuvrings, the parent birds continuallymanifested anxiety. They would repeatedly fall to the groundas if stunned, then, recovering themselves, they hopped towa
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