. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. TJVO FATHER BIRDS. and the nest from enemies, the Ruff spends his time with the other males, fighting continual duels, until the summer comes. Then his collar gradually drops off, and the males that have been fighting all the spring go off together in peaceful flocks. The male Ostrich has a very different charac- ter from the quarrelsome and neglectful Ruff. The Ostrich, like our barn- yard rooster, has several hens. AH lay eggs in the same nest, which is noth- ing but a pit scraped out in the sand. In this sometime
. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. TJVO FATHER BIRDS. and the nest from enemies, the Ruff spends his time with the other males, fighting continual duels, until the summer comes. Then his collar gradually drops off, and the males that have been fighting all the spring go off together in peaceful flocks. The male Ostrich has a very different charac- ter from the quarrelsome and neglectful Ruff. The Ostrich, like our barn- yard rooster, has several hens. AH lay eggs in the same nest, which is noth- ing but a pit scraped out in the sand. In this sometimes thirty eggs are laid. Every night the male Ostrich broods on this great pile. If the young are threatened, the male defends them, or tries to lead the enemy astray by pretending that he is wounded or lame, just as the mother Grouse does here. Of the two fathers, the Ruff is by far the hand- somer. The bare red neck of the Ostrich is ugly enough, but uglier when compared with the Ruff's fine collar. Ask their wives, however, about it, and perhaps they will say, " Handsome is that handsome ;. 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 Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H. ), b. 1840; Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Boston : Ginn
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