. Birds of California : an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . Birds. 510 LAND BIRDS No help has the mother bird had from her mate in this labor, except the encouragement of his cheery song as he swung always in sight of her, ready to join her the mo- ment she left her work. In a few rare instances I have known him to make a pretence of nest-building a few feet away from the real cradle, either to amuse him- self or deceive me, for the loosely wove
. Birds of California : an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . Birds. 510 LAND BIRDS No help has the mother bird had from her mate in this labor, except the encouragement of his cheery song as he swung always in sight of her, ready to join her the mo- ment she left her work. In a few rare instances I have known him to make a pretence of nest-building a few feet away from the real cradle, either to amuse him- self or deceive me, for the loosely woven affair was never regarded seriously by the female. She some- times perched near it, regarding with amusement the masculine attempt at housekeeping, and with a scornful flirt of her tail went back to her own cosey nest. It was often a week or two after the latter was entirely finished before the first egg was laid. For fourteen days the female brooded, hidden by the green tules, hear- (^1. ing only the gay banjo-like song of her mate, the hoarse croaking of the frogs, the "chaacks" of her yellow-head neighbors, and the grunts of the rails. Never, I3'ac7b™''' by any chance, does the gay lord of "Beseechvngiy from the ^^^t ^mall housclioM assist her Un- til the wonderful transformation has come, and hungry nestlings are stretching their open mouths beseechingly from the green cradle. Then his paternal instinct awakes, and he hustles for food to fill 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 Wheelock, Irene Grosvenor; Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948. Chicago : A. C. McClurg
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