. Baby birds at home . ey are able to fly. If theywere to attempt to do so they would in allprobability fall into the sea far below, andbe dashed to death by the rough waves beat-ing against the rocks. This gulls nest is made of dry seaweedand bits of dead grass. The eggs numberfrom two to four, of a yellow to buffish-browncolour, thickly spotted and blotched withvarying shades of brown. Nestling Kittiwakes are covered withdown, which is white on the head and under-pays, and buffish coloured on the shouldersand sides. The back is of a greyish tint. The principal food of this species con-sists
. Baby birds at home . ey are able to fly. If theywere to attempt to do so they would in allprobability fall into the sea far below, andbe dashed to death by the rough waves beat-ing against the rocks. This gulls nest is made of dry seaweedand bits of dead grass. The eggs numberfrom two to four, of a yellow to buffish-browncolour, thickly spotted and blotched withvarying shades of brown. Nestling Kittiwakes are covered withdown, which is white on the head and under-pays, and buffish coloured on the shouldersand sides. The back is of a greyish tint. The principal food of this species con-sists of small fishes that swim near thesurface of the sea. In olden times people used to eat the fleshof this gull and some of them considered it asgood as that of the partridge. Quite recently the wings of young Kitti-wakes were in great demand by ladies, whodecorated their hats and bonnets with is to be hoped that such a thoughtlesspractice has quite died out, because it wasattended by the most abominable LONG-EARED OWLS. The Long-Eared Owl THIS handsome Owl is commoner thanmany people imagine. Its habit ofhiding by day, in the darkest recesses of pineforests and other unfrequented places, makesit appear rarer than it actually is. The so-called long ears are really notears at all, but tufts of feathers about an inchand a half in length growing on the top ofthe head. They can be raised or lowered atwill by the bird. No nest whatever is made by the Long-Eared Owl. If it cannot find the old homeof a crow, wood-pigeon, magpie or squirrel, itsimply descends to the ground and lays itsfour or five white oval-shaped eggs in ahollow under a stunted pine or amongst long-heather. The young ones are hatched about thebeginning of April in the south of England,but later in Scotland. They are quaint look-ing little fellows, covered with fluffy white 47 48 Baby Birds at Home down. During cold wet weather you will findtheir mother covering them with her wings,spread out very much
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