. British birds. Birds. 30 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. XV. birds. I give his notes on their behaviour during the following three-quarters of an hour. " When we were about one hundred and fifty yards from the hiding tent we saw one of the birds leave the nest and walk slowly up the sandy slope behind it. This was the first time either of us had seen the Plover leave the nest on our approach. " After clearing the sand of all small branches and sea-weed near the nest, and replacing the eggs in their original position, I entered the tent at In about ten minutes the. Fig. 4. Ringed I'l
. British birds. Birds. 30 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. XV. birds. I give his notes on their behaviour during the following three-quarters of an hour. " When we were about one hundred and fifty yards from the hiding tent we saw one of the birds leave the nest and walk slowly up the sandy slope behind it. This was the first time either of us had seen the Plover leave the nest on our approach. " After clearing the sand of all small branches and sea-weed near the nest, and replacing the eggs in their original position, I entered the tent at In about ten minutes the. Fig. 4. Ringed I'luxick : The malr briHjtliiii; thix<,' v. {Photographed by J. N. Douglas Smith.) male Plover returned and found the eggs nearly covered with sand. He seemed rather shy, and walked up to the nest and then retreated for a few steps two or three times before he decided to sit on the eggs. I am not sure of the reason for this indecision. The front of the tent was being blown about a good deal, but, on the other hand, there was none of the upward jerking of the head which I had noticed before in the case of both birds when they were nervous. At first he sat down on two of the eggs and kicked the sand out vigorously behind him. In doing so, he kicked 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 London, Witherby & Co
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