. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . VIRGINIA BIRD HOMES 125 backs, and black cap and wing-tips, — except that the formerspecies has an orange bill, the latter a black one. The nestswere scattered irregularly about and usually contained threeeggs. The great salt marsh back of the narrow strip of sand wasmeanwhile offering its allurements. Willets were flying aboutwith loud outcries, distressed lest I should find their BLACK SKIMMER INCUBATING EGGS A flock of Laughing Gulls—so called from their laughter-like cacklings
. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . VIRGINIA BIRD HOMES 125 backs, and black cap and wing-tips, — except that the formerspecies has an orange bill, the latter a black one. The nestswere scattered irregularly about and usually contained threeeggs. The great salt marsh back of the narrow strip of sand wasmeanwhile offering its allurements. Willets were flying aboutwith loud outcries, distressed lest I should find their BLACK SKIMMER INCUBATING EGGS A flock of Laughing Gulls—so called from their laughter-like cacklings — were preening their feathers by a pool onthe marshs edge. The occasional cluck, cluck of someMarsh Hen, or Clapper Rail, invisible in the grass, bespokea new wonder of which I desired to know more. Althoughthere are doubtless tens of thousands of these peculiar birdson all these great marshes, I learned to my chagrin thatit was by no means easy to find a nest. Two hours hardtramping over the sticky and treacherous expanse failed toreward me with an occupied nest. Two were discovered fromwhich the young had gone. They were neat, saucer-shaped 126 WILD WINGS platforms of dry stems, built in tussocks just above thereach of the tides which flow up all over the marsh, and werecanopied over by the grass in a very pretty manner. At onetime I caught sight of a little black young rail, which led mea sorry chase over a soft mud-flat, greatly to the detriment ofmy personal appearance. I had
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