The School methods book; methods, aids, devices, material for the help of teachers of elementary school classes . rivalries of the mating sea-son, the males become quarrelsome. Both sexes aredevoted parents, and the male often takes his placeon the nest. In captivity, he has been known to hatch,brood and care for the young. The birds of a coveyare very afifectionate toward one another. They con-verse together in a variety of tender, low, twitteringtones; sleep side by side in a circular group on theground, with heads out; and, if scattered soon beginto call and seek one another, and never rest
The School methods book; methods, aids, devices, material for the help of teachers of elementary school classes . rivalries of the mating sea-son, the males become quarrelsome. Both sexes aredevoted parents, and the male often takes his placeon the nest. In captivity, he has been known to hatch,brood and care for the young. The birds of a coveyare very afifectionate toward one another. They con-verse together in a variety of tender, low, twitteringtones; sleep side by side in a circular group on theground, with heads out; and, if scattered soon beginto call and seek one another, and never rest until allthe surviving members of their little company are to-gether again. Nest and Eggs A mere cavity is hollowed from the soil under a bushor fence, or, if in the woods, under a decaying- the nest is made in a cotton row in thesouthern states. It is usually well lined and concealedwith grass or stubble. If in the field or by the road-side, it is often placed within a thick tuft of grass, orunder a shrub, being commonly covered and open atone side, somewhat like the Oven-birds nest. If situ-. Bob-White ated in the edge of the woods, it is made mainly ofleaves, and the female, while laying, covers the eggswith leaves when she leaves the nest. If the nest isdisturbed by man or animals, she is likely to desertit; but Dr. Hatch found that when he removed thecovering carefully with forceps, and replaced it justas he found it, the bird did not abandon its home. From eight to eighteen eggs are deposited, and nestshave been found with from thirty-two to thirty-seveneggs. These are probably the product of two eggs are a brilliant, glossy white, sharply pointedat one end. They are packed closely in the nest withthe points downward. There is evidence that some-times two broods are reared in a season, but usuallythe so-called second brood is reared only when thefirst has been destroyed. The Young The young are hatched after about twenty-four daysincubation, and
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