. Wild nature's ways . ntages, because they had twice theamount of work to do in making their own roof,and ran far more risk of drippings being blownagainst them than they would had they con-tented themselves with an ordinary site. IMybrother secured his photograph just as one ofthe birds was in the act of leaving the nest. I have on several occasions found the stockdove breeding in a rabbit burrow, and one daywas astonished to discover one nesting on theroof of a summer-house in a wood close toCaterham Valley. A gale of wind had torn theouter half of one of the sheets of zinc whichformed the
. Wild nature's ways . ntages, because they had twice theamount of work to do in making their own roof,and ran far more risk of drippings being blownagainst them than they would had they con-tented themselves with an ordinary site. IMybrother secured his photograph just as one ofthe birds was in the act of leaving the nest. I have on several occasions found the stockdove breeding in a rabbit burrow, and one daywas astonished to discover one nesting on theroof of a summer-house in a wood close toCaterham Valley. A gale of wind had torn theouter half of one of the sheets of zinc whichformed the covering of the wooden roof looseand folded it back over the other half, whichremained fixed in such a way as to form akind of pocket, in which the bird made thenest shown in our illustration. Birds of prey often exhibit the most sublimetenacity in their love for a favourite old breedinghaunt. I know places scattered up and downthe country that appear to exercise a positivefascination over falcons, ravens, and hawks of.
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