. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . eautiful mottled brown and gray markings on her back against the leafy I approached nearer to thebird, she tried her utmost todecoy iiie away from the spotby feigning injury to herwing. The two eggs werequite inconspicuous also,being nearly white, markedby lilac tracings and brown-ish splashes, which helpedthem to blend with thesurrounding. In contrastwith the whip-poor-will,our other bird of twil
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . eautiful mottled brown and gray markings on her back against the leafy I approached nearer to thebird, she tried her utmost todecoy iiie away from the spotby feigning injury to herwing. The two eggs werequite inconspicuous also,being nearly white, markedby lilac tracings and brown-ish splashes, which helpedthem to blend with thesurrounding. In contrastwith the whip-poor-will,our other bird of twilightdeposits her eggs in anopen meadow or field. A Tragedy in theDunes One forenoon in May Istrolled to the top of amoderate sized sand ridgeamong the Indiana dunes,taking in the sights ofnature about me. Thesandy waste of ground sup-ported a few pines and arather thick growth of smallblack oak, which, underthe warmth of the springweather, were just leafingout in a blaze of red. Thebirds were abundant andactive after a period of slow migration. Among these arrivalsmy attention was particularly drawn to a house wren, by hisgushing, overflowing song. At first he was detected among. The House Wrens nest in the woods, occupied by the White-footed Mouse. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WITH EXAMPLES 249 the top branches of an oak tree, restlessly moving from oneplace to another. Then he suddenly took a longer flight to atree at the base of the sloping dune, flitted about nervously,and passed from one twig to another in a downward course,gradually approaching the ground. These actions, perhaps,would not be worthy of record had they not in the end led upto an unexpected sequence. The wren, after reaching the ground, occasionally repeatedhis beautiful song. Then I noticed him pick up a small pieceof twig in his bill, but seemingly in a doubtful mood, for hesoon dropped it. The next instant he a^in picked up anothertwig, treating it in the same manner as the preceding. Duringthe next few moments he sp
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