. Wood folk at school. and crying aloud the while in wild, ecstatic Ismaques the Fish hawk 47 exclamations, — just as a woodcock comes whirling,plunging, twittering down from a height to his brownmate in the alders below. Then Ismaques wouldmount up again and repeat his dizzy plunge, whilehis larger mate stood quiet in the spruce top, and thelittle fishhawks tiptoed about the edge of the nest, pip-pipping their wonder and delight at their own papasdazzling performance. This is undoubtedly one of Ismaques springtimehabits, by which he tries to win an admiring look fromthe keen yellow eyes of hi
. Wood folk at school. and crying aloud the while in wild, ecstatic Ismaques the Fish hawk 47 exclamations, — just as a woodcock comes whirling,plunging, twittering down from a height to his brownmate in the alders below. Then Ismaques wouldmount up again and repeat his dizzy plunge, whilehis larger mate stood quiet in the spruce top, and thelittle fishhawks tiptoed about the edge of the nest, pip-pipping their wonder and delight at their own papasdazzling performance. This is undoubtedly one of Ismaques springtimehabits, by which he tries to win an admiring look fromthe keen yellow eyes of his mate; but I noticed himusing it more frequently as the little fishhawks wringsspread to a wonderful length, and he w^as trying, withhis mate, by every gentle means to induce them toleave the nest. And I have wondered — without beingable at all to prove my theory — whether he were nottrying in this remarkable way to make his little oneswant to fly by showing them how wonderful a thingflying could be made to
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