. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 91 He strutted back and forth in front of the nest and only about four feet from me several times, and then took wing and disappeared in the di- rection from which he had evidently come. I noted that as he started of¥ there was no preceptib^e sound from his wings, so conclude that it is only when startled and moving their wings very fast in their en- deavor to quickly get away, that the narrow stiffened primaries, make the whistling sound that is accredited to them. As the female settled back again to her quiet task of incubat
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 91 He strutted back and forth in front of the nest and only about four feet from me several times, and then took wing and disappeared in the di- rection from which he had evidently come. I noted that as he started of¥ there was no preceptib^e sound from his wings, so conclude that it is only when startled and moving their wings very fast in their en- deavor to quickly get away, that the narrow stiffened primaries, make the whistling sound that is accredited to them. As the female settled back again to her quiet task of incubating, I determined to leave. She had probably never been as surprised before, as she was when I stood up so close to her. She must have thought that I came up out of the ground, in any event she did not wait to see or try to escape observation by keeping still, for she was off with a tre- mendous whir that threatened to carry all the leaves that answered for the nest, with her. The next day I called again and found the nest. Photo by J. B. Pardee. YOUNG WOODCOCK. empty. From appearances the young had hatched and had already left to accompany their parent and learn the ways of the world. Fortunately Dr. J. B. Pardoe has supplied the missing links neces- sary for the completion of this article in his excellent photos of the young Woodcock. A thorough search of the piece of woods failed to reveal the young that I had expected or rather hoped to photograph when they hatched. I had hoped for photos of some such scenes as I had witnessed a few years ago when I ran across an adult Woodcock with three of her young. I came upon them with a suddenness that. 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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