. Bird lore . their coloring, at first remained motionless, seemingly unfrightened. Onbeing touched or moved, however, so that they knew they were discovered,they scurried away, to hide under stones or driftwood, and nothing couldinduce them to come out and face the camera. There are two methods of self-protection in universal use among animals A Visit to the Lake Erie Terns 127 too young or too weak to fight; one is hiding, the other running of these schemes were practiced very skilfully hy the little we first landed we saw many of the half-grown birds making of?, andin a
. Bird lore . their coloring, at first remained motionless, seemingly unfrightened. Onbeing touched or moved, however, so that they knew they were discovered,they scurried away, to hide under stones or driftwood, and nothing couldinduce them to come out and face the camera. There are two methods of self-protection in universal use among animals A Visit to the Lake Erie Terns 127 too young or too weak to fight; one is hiding, the other running of these schemes were practiced very skilfully hy the little we first landed we saw many of the half-grown birds making of?, andin a few minutes the island seemed almost deserted. Many of the largerones had taken to the water; but when we looked closely under stones andamongst the rubbish we found, to our surprise, that the place was stillswarming with birds. Every plant had a chick at its root, and underlogs and overhanging rocks there were sometimes a dozen. The hidingplaces of the chicks are generally close to the nests. These are often. NEST AND EGGS OF COMMON TERN on windrows of driftwood or rubbish, with whose colors their brownishspeckled down blends perfectly. The older birds run away from the nests and hide among the stones,which match their developing feathers better than the debris. It may beobserved here that while the newly hatched birds match the nests, andthe half-grown ones the stones, as they grow older and gain power offlight, the protective coloring is lost entirely, and the adult is a creatureof beautiful and striking contrasts. Of the squabs, many play thetrick of the Ostrich, sticking its head into sand. If they can find acover for their heads, they are content to have the rest of the body infull view. The one photographed was so confident of his safety that itwas only with much vigorous prodding that he could be dragged freeze in their tracks without trying to conceal themselves at 128 Bird-Lore all. One of these was killed h\ having the tripod leg set down uponit. Another wa
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