. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. Bird Life. 103 Yet this, one or both parents joyfully do. More than this, some strange sympathetic knowledge of what is about to ensue causes them in most cases to prepare a home for the young before the eggs are laid. Skilfully they weave their cunning nests, and artfully hide them in grass or bush, swing them from the twigs of trees, or firmly plant them in their crotches. Nor is their duty ended when the young come forth; then the cramped and tired parents stretch their wings, indeed, for these help- less ones must be fed. All day long they fly abroad
. Life and love. Biology; Reproduction. Bird Life. 103 Yet this, one or both parents joyfully do. More than this, some strange sympathetic knowledge of what is about to ensue causes them in most cases to prepare a home for the young before the eggs are laid. Skilfully they weave their cunning nests, and artfully hide them in grass or bush, swing them from the twigs of trees, or firmly plant them in their crotches. Nor is their duty ended when the young come forth; then the cramped and tired parents stretch their wings, indeed, for these help- less ones must be fed. All day long they fly abroad, bringing home dainty morsels, scarcely stopping to satisfy their own hunger, so urgent is the appeal of those hungry little ones. Now the plumage of the parents fades again, the male sings less exaltedly, the great quickening season of sex-life is over. The magic power that drew one to the other is in abeyance ; each has ful- filled this phase of its destiny; the one has laid the eggs, the other contributed to their development. The first ardor of the love season having passed, in its place comes this new sympathy which makes them labor for the fruit of their great love, which holds them together in mutual work and weariness, and mutual love and joy in their treasures. It is the dawning of a higher life. Parental love is an early and potent form of unselfishness. Besides the instinct of nest-building and the. 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 Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Company
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