. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. heather, withwhich it harmonises so well that I have had to subdue these surroundings in order thatthe representation of the bird may be fairly distinct. Strange to say, assimilative colouringis equally effective for protective purposes when the bird squats toad-like on the limbof a tree. The nightjar perches along, not across the branch as most birds perch, andthe darker lines .and spots on its plumage then harmonise with the cracks andirregularities of the bark and the hchens upon it. The wings are drooped to thebirds side
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. heather, withwhich it harmonises so well that I have had to subdue these surroundings in order thatthe representation of the bird may be fairly distinct. Strange to say, assimilative colouringis equally effective for protective purposes when the bird squats toad-like on the limbof a tree. The nightjar perches along, not across the branch as most birds perch, andthe darker lines .and spots on its plumage then harmonise with the cracks andirregularities of the bark and the hchens upon it. The wings are drooped to thebirds sides, and so connect it with the tree that it might easily be mistaken for a merenatural excrescence such as are commonly found on trees. The habits of the bird have given natural selection full play throughout its lays its two eggs upon the ground, selecting some bare spot among heather or fern,at the foot of a fir tree or under a furze bush. There is not the slightest pretenceat making a nest, not even to the extent of scratching a hollow, though I VI -> JLbl H VICHT-D irm
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