. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . Tree Swallow. Snapped him as heapproar-hed the stub (p. 184).. Young; Tree Swallows. About ready to leave (p. 1841 OUR PRICELESS SWALLOWS which to make soft lining for the nests, that the veryfragile pure-white eggs which are to be deposited maynot be broken. One day I visited a colony situated in a gravel cut,just off a main road. The burrows were not deep, andfrom one of them I took out a parent bird which wasincubating, having previously set up my camerafocused on a hole, and, placing it at the entrance,secured a snapshot before
. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . Tree Swallow. Snapped him as heapproar-hed the stub (p. 184).. Young; Tree Swallows. About ready to leave (p. 1841 OUR PRICELESS SWALLOWS which to make soft lining for the nests, that the veryfragile pure-white eggs which are to be deposited maynot be broken. One day I visited a colony situated in a gravel cut,just off a main road. The burrows were not deep, andfrom one of them I took out a parent bird which wasincubating, having previously set up my camerafocused on a hole, and, placing it at the entrance,secured a snapshot before it escaped. Meanwhile Ihad allowed the horse to graze by the roadside un-hitched, watched over by Ned. Just ahead there wasa rise of ground and a turn in the road. I had notthought about the possibility of an automobile comingalong, but, as luck would have it, one came just then,going at very moderate speed. Before I could get backthe horse broke away from Ned, shied into the fence,and then dashed off with the shafts, leaving the rest ofthe vehicle hung up. The animal only ran to the nextfarmyard, where it stopped and
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