. Bird-lore . of the town, driving inand out among the prickly brush, and offacross the mesa, far from any road. Frequently we caught glimpses of thefleeting shadows. One day, as we ambledalong, something under a bunch of cactuscaught our eye. A Road-runner wasstanding stiff and straight, watching us,thinking he could not possibly be seen ifhe froze. We were Argus-eyed for aRoad-runners nest as usual. Perhaps the became accustomed to the umbrella-blind, which we erected near the nest. In this nest was one fresh egg, one eggjust ready to hatch, two featherless,greasy, black young, and two young
. Bird-lore . of the town, driving inand out among the prickly brush, and offacross the mesa, far from any road. Frequently we caught glimpses of thefleeting shadows. One day, as we ambledalong, something under a bunch of cactuscaught our eye. A Road-runner wasstanding stiff and straight, watching us,thinking he could not possibly be seen ifhe froze. We were Argus-eyed for aRoad-runners nest as usual. Perhaps the became accustomed to the umbrella-blind, which we erected near the nest. In this nest was one fresh egg, one eggjust ready to hatch, two featherless,greasy, black young, and two young onesabout grown and ready to leave certainly verified the statement ofRlliott Coues: Perfectly fresh eggs andnewly hatched young may be foundtogether, and by the time the last youngare breaking the shell, the others may begraded up to half the size of the adult. One day we were sitting, cramped andsweltering, in the blind, waiting for themother to come and feed. Her returns The Audubon Societies 163. •THE NEST WAS IX THE HEART OF A CHOLLA CACTUS were always accompanied by long waits of her bill at the end. After satisfying and vigils somewhere near the nest. We herself that all was well, she ran quickly knew when she was coming by the soft to the foot of the next tree, paused a rattling noise she made, and the snapping minute, and then we heard her feet scratch
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