. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. As soon as incubation commences, the male keeps a most yigilaat wateh arouS He is then more frequently seen pk; ing abou m the ^r^verSe p ac" even during the day, mounting Ly several quick Sra\?onsot-the wings, then a few slower, uttcrmg all Uie while a Iharnlnrsh squeak, till, having gained the highest point, he suddenly nrSitS iSclf, head foremost, and with great rapidity, down SvCShty feet, wheeling up ag
. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. As soon as incubation commences, the male keeps a most yigilaat wateh arouS He is then more frequently seen pk; ing abou m the ^r^verSe p ac" even during the day, mounting Ly several quick Sra\?onsot-the wings, then a few slower, uttcrmg all Uie while a Iharnlnrsh squeak, till, having gained the highest point, he suddenly nrSitS iSclf, head foremost, and with great rapidity, down SvCShty feet, wheeling up again as su at which instan is 1 eard afoud booming sound. Very much resembhng that produced by blowinnrongly into the bunghole of an empty hogshead; and which ildoubtless produced by the sudden expansion of his capacious mo 'th wS he passes through Uie air, as exhibited m the figure on the Plate He a Jain mounts ly alternate quick and leisurely motions of the wings, pfaying about as he ascends, uttering his usual hoarse 'oueak tnif in a few minutes, he again dives with the same impetu- osSv and V olent sound as before. Some are of opinion that this is done to hJmidaTe man or beast from approaching his nest; and he ,s ScvdSobse^^^^ diVings most frequently around ffse iho come near the s'pot, sweeping down Pf *«-',™^™^« so near and so suddenly, as to startle and alarm them. The same in- LS iriiowever, otten seen performing these manoeuvres over the riVer the 1 itthe meadow, and the marsh, in the space of a quarter of an houn and also towards the fall, when he ha^ no nest. This sin- milar habit belon-s peculiarly to the male. The femae has indeed, tlitcomtn to Le, 'much the same mode of flight; but nev- er nrecipitates herself in the manner of tlie male. During the time !L^iffi tW she will suffer you to approach within a foot or two be- te she Smpts to tir, and, when she does, it is in such a fluttering tSincr manner, and with such appearance of a lame and wounded mS as'n
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