With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . SPARROW CATCHERS. 238 WITH XATFBE AND A CAMERA. it regTilaily for years during tlio spring and sununerniontlis for AYrens nests. 1 went round after darkwitli my l)ulls-eye lantern, and found each feather-lined cavity tenanted by a male House Sparrow. Ialso found another male and two females, and aWren, in holes not lined with anything. On thesame farmstead I watched a number of Sparrows tobed in some holes they had made for themselves inthe end of a hayrick, and upon
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . SPARROW CATCHERS. 238 WITH XATFBE AND A CAMERA. it regTilaily for years during tlio spring and sununerniontlis for AYrens nests. 1 went round after darkwitli my l)ulls-eye lantern, and found each feather-lined cavity tenanted by a male House Sparrow. Ialso found another male and two females, and aWren, in holes not lined with anything. On thesame farmstead I watched a number of Sparrows tobed in some holes they had made for themselves inthe end of a hayrick, and upon investigation, one ofthese contained a lining of feathers, although I hadoood reason for believing that it had never beenused as a nest. It seems strange that onemember of a s})ecies should make for itself suchcomfortable quarters, whilst another is so indifferentto the most intense cold as to sit in a leatlesshedgerow all night. The fact is, that, although theanimal world is largely governed by hereditaryintelligence, there is really no such dead level ofunreasoning instinct abroad as is popularly lower anim
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