. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . t depres-sion of the lop se\en oreight eggs are deposited atthe rate of one a day. andincuhation recpiires threeweeks or a little over. hrood the e^.^s :itnight and in chillyweather, hut on hrightdays the eggs :ire care-fully covered with luudanil close-set mosses,s])irogyra :md the like,and the whole smoothedover to the appearanceof an emerging mud-liank. Because one does notsec the mother is no signthat she is not an.\ious;and if you tarry toolt>ng. the swamp
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . t depres-sion of the lop se\en oreight eggs are deposited atthe rate of one a day. andincuhation recpiires threeweeks or a little over. hrood the e^.^s :itnight and in chillyweather, hut on hrightdays the eggs :ire care-fully covered with luudanil close-set mosses,s])irogyra :md the like,and the whole smoothedover to the appearanceof an emerging mud-liank. Because one does notsec the mother is no signthat she is not an.\ious;and if you tarry toolt>ng. the swamp will hc-come vocal with strangegurglings ami weird criesof incantation. Mostm e m o r a 1) I e is an oddbuhhling giggle. Arr/vy ku-</(i\ kcfiiiy kc(i<i\ hctjiiy kcfifiy kr<i(/y. reiulered with great the excitement of courtship the male ])lays the lintTn toperfection: he rushes alxiU in the o|)en water half suhmerged or divesand emerges re|Kate<lly. uttering from time to tinte a single excited the verv coots must chuckle to see the sillv fellow, even tho thcv. Iholo by Ike .Author. A NEST. THE PIED-BILLED GREBE. 893 cannot give a much better account of themselves. Such an exhibition isalso very imprudent according to the first canon of Podilymbine ethics,which reads: Never do an^-thing which bv imphcation may be construedby robber man as betraying interest in matrimony. Sometimes, instead of di\-ing as quick as a flasli, the bird, if it tliinksitself unobserved and wishes to escape, will settle slowly into the waterand disappear like a perforated tin can, without leaving a ripple under water the diver makes marvelous progress, apparently withoutassistance from the wings. And if it is undesirable to appear on exhibi-tion again, the bird reciuires only to thrust the tip of the bill as far asthe nostrilsabove t h e jwater fro m time to t otest theirpowers bothof d i \ i n gand flight, Ionce pursueda c
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