. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . i:hingrather than sitting on eggs ; but always, in the long-run,she will approach the nest by slow degrees. It is very pretty to see her daintily tripping over therough groimd, now stopping to ])ick uj) an insect, now Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 109. LiTiLE Gkebe (Puditcps Jhivialilis) on FLoAiiNG NestIN St. Jamess Park. standing motionless, as if listening : then, stretching herwings, running nim])ly in the opposite direction. Some-times she will be almost hidden from sight in the furrows,and lier movements can only be trac
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . i:hingrather than sitting on eggs ; but always, in the long-run,she will approach the nest by slow degrees. It is very pretty to see her daintily tripping over therough groimd, now stopping to ])ick uj) an insect, now Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 109. LiTiLE Gkebe (Puditcps Jhivialilis) on FLoAiiNG NestIN St. Jamess Park. standing motionless, as if listening : then, stretching herwings, running nim])ly in the opposite direction. Some-times she will be almost hidden from sight in the furrows,and lier movements can only be traced by lier erect perhaps she will Hy off to anotlier part of tlie field,and repeat the whole performance over again. Xow and thenshe will stand on some molehill or little elevation facingyour hiding-place; then tlie snow-wliite breast and blackcollar are very conspicuous against tlie grass. (This blackcollar in the lien has a white patch in the centre.) Even when,after endless deviations and precautions, she does eventuallyreach the nest, she will run up and doMu and round andround, as if nothing was there, many times before actuallysettling on her eggs. 170 Pictures of Bird Life Then, if you have ciiimingly arran(>ed your camera, andcovered it up carefully with clods of earth and tufts ofgrass,
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