. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . TilLtlt IB ri,:. ^y .^nI/uT. A NESTING SITE OF THE BLACK OYSTER A CIXMLIXCD IseST WITH TIIHBK «CC$ MAT IK DltCUNU JVH TO TIIK tltrT Of Illl. liLAlk IIMH. onr Stay arranging elaborate pantomimes for our misguidance. Now shebeiuls with quivering wing and dips her head up and down, as tlio invitingattention to lier charming nestlings. Arnt they darlings? (She means aheap of mussel shells just before her eye». Or again she settles dmvn wyxma l)arnacle-c
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . TilLtlt IB ri,:. ^y .^nI/uT. A NESTING SITE OF THE BLACK OYSTER A CIXMLIXCD IseST WITH TIIHBK «CC$ MAT IK DltCUNU JVH TO TIIK tltrT Of Illl. liLAlk IIMH. onr Stay arranging elaborate pantomimes for our misguidance. Now shebeiuls with quivering wing and dips her head up and down, as tlio invitingattention to lier charming nestlings. Arnt they darlings? (She means aheap of mussel shells just before her eye». Or again she settles dmvn wyxma l)arnacle-covere<l rock and briMxIs virtuously—on barnacles. .d if by any accirt to devise a .stealthy return and to watch the bird steal away fromthe eggs, slowlv. |»ainfully, in abject humiliation, hoping against hojH. that sheis ehuling observation, mitil a safe distance is reached. Wlien tlie game is all. Taken on Bare Island, B. C, and on Dcslruclion Island. Photos by Walter I. Burton and the Author. HARD BEDS. 7CX) II. i:i.\rK t >vsti:k-laiviikk. i>fT the liinis cause the rocks to resound with their strident cries, and if thereare neiylilxirs, these join forces with tlie iininitliately lRsieKeecially, consists of a series lM>\\inj,s and Itindinj^s in wliich the neck is stretclied tn the .nnKStand arched over stittly \ a [mse as };n>tesi|ue as one of Crnikshanks draw-ings.—tlie whole lo an acconipaninKnt of amorous clucks and wails. The ej^}, i*^ ll:i^k ()ysier-catcher. normally three in numlK-r, are often-est placed in the holluw of a hare rock, lined with a |)inl or so of rock-tlakes,lalxirionsly jpuhered. Occasionally hits of slull. especially the calcareousplates of the jljousi-
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