. Birds of the water, wood & waste . ing which must be highly 126 BIRDS OF THE WATER dangerous, and by which the particularnest under the camera this season wasactually discovered. Although silence isthus in the later days of incubationneglected by the hungry youngsters, thegolden rule for Ground Lark nestlings,their first and greatest of commandments,is never transgressed. However hungry,nay, voracious, the fledglings are, and atfirst for several hours in the nest underobservation, the parent Pipits avoided thescreen and camera, the young never budgefrom the nest, and though easily able to do
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . ing which must be highly 126 BIRDS OF THE WATER dangerous, and by which the particularnest under the camera this season wasactually discovered. Although silence isthus in the later days of incubationneglected by the hungry youngsters, thegolden rule for Ground Lark nestlings,their first and greatest of commandments,is never transgressed. However hungry,nay, voracious, the fledglings are, and atfirst for several hours in the nest underobservation, the parent Pipits avoided thescreen and camera, the young never budgefrom the nest, and though easily able to doso, never edge on to the little run andplatform made by the repeated visits ofthe old birds. I suppose inherited ex-perience has shown the Pipit race how fullthe world is of deceit and wickedness in theform of Harriers, rats, and other Tutira during my time the numbers ofthe Ground Lark have very much increasedand hundreds of them flock together in thewinter months, especially on the pumaceousareas of the run. PLATE \\X\ Ground Lark about to Feed \ oung.
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