. British birds. Birds. VOL. X.] NOTES. 249 nor did changing the plate frighten him. The female, mean- while, was standing at a short distance, but in five or six minutes she began to approach the nest—so slowly that Mr. Burdet was able to expose four plates showing various attitudes of the two birds. At length the male got off the nest and went away, and the female took his place and showed no more fear of the camera than her LITTLE BITTERN: MALE, ON THE NEST, FEMALE APPROACHING. {Photographed by A. Burdet.) On June 18th four out of the six eggs were hatched, the young being covered wi
. British birds. Birds. VOL. X.] NOTES. 249 nor did changing the plate frighten him. The female, mean- while, was standing at a short distance, but in five or six minutes she began to approach the nest—so slowly that Mr. Burdet was able to expose four plates showing various attitudes of the two birds. At length the male got off the nest and went away, and the female took his place and showed no more fear of the camera than her LITTLE BITTERN: MALE, ON THE NEST, FEMALE APPROACHING. {Photographed by A. Burdet.) On June 18th four out of the six eggs were hatched, the young being covered with fine, reddish down. On June 23rd there were six young already sufficiently developed to be able, on seeing Mr. Burdet, to take up their well-known protective attitude, their heads, necks and bodies being stretched up in a perpendicular line, while their colour harmonized with the reddish-brown of the reeds. The\' could stay in this attitude a long time absolutely immovable, except that as one moved they turned their necks so as to keep their eyes on 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 London, Witherby & Co
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