. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 800 I' GRALLATUUE8 — LIMICuLi*;. In IVnnsylvaiiia tin- t'gj,'s arc luitclicd out early in .hmc; ami there, as elsewhere, only a sinj^'le brood is raised in one season. The nest is always placed in an ()]irn sitiiation; Init, notwitlistanding this eirciinistanee, it is not easily I'onnd witliout the aid of a good dog trained for tlio puriMtse. In 1S4.'J, in company with my friend liiiiid, I searched in vain in an open plougiied field for the nest of a pair we knew must Ih" near. Its si
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 800 I' GRALLATUUE8 — LIMICuLi*;. In IVnnsylvaiiia tin- t'gj,'s arc luitclicd out early in .hmc; ami there, as elsewhere, only a sinj^'le brood is raised in one season. The nest is always placed in an ()]irn sitiiation; Init, notwitlistanding this eirciinistanee, it is not easily I'onnd witliout the aid of a good dog trained for tlio puriMtse. In 1S4.'J, in company with my friend liiiiid, I searched in vain in an open plougiied field for the nest of a pair we knew must Ih" near. Its site was not found until after the young had gone — only a few days after (mr first search — the empty egg-shells showing where iu the open ti(dd it was. The female must have kept closely to the nest, even when we were near her, wiiilc her mate was doing his best to delude us. The young are singularly l)eautifid little balls of .soft down, a mottling of white, brown, and lilack. They are eared for liv tluur parents until nearly grown, and from the shell instinctively hide themselves at the approach of danger. The eggs of this species — always four in nund)er — vary in length from ;.l to (i inches, and in breadth from to inches. Their groiuul-color is usually a deej) pinkish drab, and over this are distriljiited small roundish sjxjttings of a burnt-sienna tint. These arc rather sjjarsely scattered over the smaller end of the egg, but become more densely aggregated about the larger portion. In otlicis the ground-eolor is mon^ of a cream-colored dnib, without any ])erceptible shading of pink. In a few the ground is a i)alo pearly-white (^dor, with a faint shading of cream-color. In these the markings are usually blotches of various shades of a purplish slate, much scattered, and overlain by spottings of a deep sepia, which become confluent at the greater end. The shape of the eggs is a slightly roiindcd oval, strongly tapering at one end and rounded a
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