. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Michigan Ornithological Club; Birds. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 39 to think of it! But a person can get used to anything—even to getting hung, they say—and so it was, for in a short time that part of us«that was in the water was warmer and more comfortable than that which was out and exposed to the cold wind. We took Mr. Hankinson's camera with us and a half-dozen plates—before the day was over we wished that we had taken more. Having so much to carry made the walking worse than ever. We had gone but a -short distance from the
. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Michigan Ornithological Club; Birds. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 39 to think of it! But a person can get used to anything—even to getting hung, they say—and so it was, for in a short time that part of us«that was in the water was warmer and more comfortable than that which was out and exposed to the cold wind. We took Mr. Hankinson's camera with us and a half-dozen plates—before the day was over we wished that we had taken more. Having so much to carry made the walking worse than ever. We had gone but a -short distance from the road when I noticed a Massasauga .{Sistrurus catenatus) about thirty inches long, lying partially under some brush. He seemed very sluggish, on account of the low te m pe r a t u r e, 1 suppose, and when I disturbed him, turned slow- ly and crawled into a hole. He showed no pug- nacious proclivi- ties whatever; he did not even "; We were at the Coot's nest by the time it was light enough to take a picture, but we saw no more of the birds than on Saturday. After taking an expos- ure of this and of the Sora's nest, we took a view of the marsh in general at this place, and then Gallinule's nest. ran onto a Pied-billed Grebe's two eggs. 'his taming nest con- was a floating. mass of decayed vegetation, somewhat resembling in shape the frustrum of a cone, hollowed on top, and about four inches high above the water, which was about a foot and a half deep at this place. This nest was not dry like the Coot's and Gallinule's, but was damp even where the eggs lay. In the water around the nest were pieces of broken egg-shell, and after a short search we found five little birds hidden around among the vegetation. They were evidently just hatched, and had probably hidden upon our first approach. It is doubtful whether we should have found them at all if they had stayed in concealment, but becoming impa- tient, I suppose, one started out to return to the nest, and it w
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