. British birds. Birds. VOL. xvi] HABITS OF KED-THllOATED DIVER. 37 she had eggs or newl}^ hatched young. Even then she did not i\y away, but pecked furiously at my boots (cf. Fig. 4). Coming back from a trip in the Icefjord with the Oxford University Expedition, I saw (July 20th) that the bird sat as closely as in the first half of July. At the end of this month, , the time in which the eggs were expected to hatch off, the male was, as alreadj^ stated, more in the vicinity of the nest. He was very shy and always flew away when I was still at a great distance from the pool. Because I wante
. British birds. Birds. VOL. xvi] HABITS OF KED-THllOATED DIVER. 37 she had eggs or newl}^ hatched young. Even then she did not i\y away, but pecked furiously at my boots (cf. Fig. 4). Coming back from a trip in the Icefjord with the Oxford University Expedition, I saw (July 20th) that the bird sat as closely as in the first half of July. At the end of this month, , the time in which the eggs were expected to hatch off, the male was, as alreadj^ stated, more in the vicinity of the nest. He was very shy and always flew away when I was still at a great distance from the pool. Because I wanted. Fig. 2. Red-throated Diver: Bird No. i in normal incubating attitude. {Photographed by G. J. van Oordt.) to know the duration of the incubation period, I visited the nest daily in early August. On August 2nd the female appeared not to be on the nest, but swam near the nest in the water. When I came nearer she remained in the water and did not fly away. When I stood in the water quite near the nest, she approached me, swimming, attacked me, and tried to peck my hoots and outstretched hand. The nest contained only one Qgg. the other lay beside it, broken. On examination it appeared to contain no embryo. How it had been removed. 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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