. British birds. Birds. BRITISH BIRDS. VOL. X. force, she is not violent and certainly causes the young no pain. If the old bird is, for some reason, slow in coming to the nest in a shower, the young crowd together with their heads in the middle and do not stir when the hen comes on. I have also seen her leave the nest with them still. Pig. 2. SPARROW-HAWK. THE HEN LOOKING FOR THE YOUNGEST NESTLING AT THE COMMENCEMENT OP A THUNDERSTORM. (Youngest bird 21 days old). {Photographed by J. H. Owen.) in the same position, and then no movement takes place for another quarter of an hour at least. It s
. British birds. Birds. BRITISH BIRDS. VOL. X. force, she is not violent and certainly causes the young no pain. If the old bird is, for some reason, slow in coming to the nest in a shower, the young crowd together with their heads in the middle and do not stir when the hen comes on. I have also seen her leave the nest with them still. Pig. 2. SPARROW-HAWK. THE HEN LOOKING FOR THE YOUNGEST NESTLING AT THE COMMENCEMENT OP A THUNDERSTORM. (Youngest bird 21 days old). {Photographed by J. H. Owen.) in the same position, and then no movement takes place for another quarter of an hour at least. It seems an invariable rule that in wet weather the hen always broods with her back to the wind. The position, or rather arrangement of the body and wings, over the young varies considerably. In the most usual position, when the yoimg are big enough to require it, the wings are slightly out from the body and depressed. 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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