. Fowls of the air . ^ if wounded, till she has led you away from the young, or occupied your attention long enough for them to be safely hidden; then JStfj/7e/TfacA she takes wing and leaves you. The habit of hiding becomes so fixed withthe young birds that they trust to it longafter the wings have grown and they are ableto escape by flight. Sometimes, in the earlyautumn, I have run the bow of my canoealmost over a full-grown bird, lying hiddenin a clump of grass. A month later, in thesame place, the canoe could hardly approachwithin a quarter of amile without his taking - „ alarm. Once they
. Fowls of the air . ^ if wounded, till she has led you away from the young, or occupied your attention long enough for them to be safely hidden; then JStfj/7e/TfacA she takes wing and leaves you. The habit of hiding becomes so fixed withthe young birds that they trust to it longafter the wings have grown and they are ableto escape by flight. Sometimes, in the earlyautumn, I have run the bow of my canoealmost over a full-grown bird, lying hiddenin a clump of grass. A month later, in thesame place, the canoe could hardly approachwithin a quarter of amile without his taking - „ alarm. Once they havelearned to trust theirwings, they give uphiding for swift they never forget ~ T^^^ -^^rtheir early training, and, when wounded, hide with a cunning thatis remarkable. Unless one has a good dogit is almost useless to look for a woundedduck, if there is any cover to be
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