. Home life in bird-land [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. If! f I .. i: . : !. A 1 274 The Great Crested Grebe ^r. I first noticed it croiicliin^r in tlit- jjfiass : and finding' it almost ini|)ossiblc to ifct a succfssfiil picture of tliis yoniifrstcr on the •(round, I took liini Hown to the hike-side, and stood him on the little island which is seen in the photo^naph. >Vhen in this position he insisted on rushin^r down the slope and taking' a • header' into the water. a?»d then running ashore. \Vv therefore once nu)re placed him on the top. and one companion stood on one side, and ano
. Home life in bird-land [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. If! f I .. i: . : !. A 1 274 The Great Crested Grebe ^r. I first noticed it croiicliin^r in tlit- jjfiass : and finding' it almost ini|)ossiblc to ifct a succfssfiil picture of tliis yoniifrstcr on the •(round, I took liini Hown to the hike-side, and stood him on the little island which is seen in the photo^naph. >Vhen in this position he insisted on rushin^r down the slope and taking' a • header' into the water. a?»d then running ashore. \Vv therefore once nu)re placed him on the top. and one companion stood on one side, and another stood opposite, while I. with the camera, took the centre. In a short time we were able to ^et our youngster to stand on the top. and I took the photo^na})!). Afterwards the young Lapwiu""- seemed very glad to get l)ack once more to its nati\e meadow. The suji was sinking towards the hills as we went homewards. After a most enjoyable row across the whole length of the lake, we made our way back to the railway, and were soon at home in the cosy cottage in which we were staying, hidden in the larch |)lantation on the pictm-escpie banks of the river W've. fWmZ. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pike, Oliver G. (Oliver Gregory), b. 1877. Toronto : Musson
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