. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL FOSTER-MOTHER TREE PIPIT COMING WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG CUCKOO get beneath whatever else is in the nest in which it has been liatched, and when it gets an egg or chick upon its back, with raised wings, head depressed, and a foot firmly planted on either side of the nest, it rears its burden and casts it out. This wonderful per- formance was first ob- served by the great Dr. Jenner of vacci- nation fame, and afterwards confirmed by the observations and wonderfully accurate pictures made by my friend Mrs. Blackburn. Curiously enough, her daug
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL FOSTER-MOTHER TREE PIPIT COMING WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG CUCKOO get beneath whatever else is in the nest in which it has been liatched, and when it gets an egg or chick upon its back, with raised wings, head depressed, and a foot firmly planted on either side of the nest, it rears its burden and casts it out. This wonderful per- formance was first ob- served by the great Dr. Jenner of vacci- nation fame, and afterwards confirmed by the observations and wonderfully accurate pictures made by my friend Mrs. Blackburn. Curiously enough, her daughter, Miss Blackburn, found the Meadow Pipit's nest from which her mother saw the rightful owners ejected by the young Cuckoo and also the nest belonging to the same species figured on page 3 of this work. Sometimes two young Cuckoos are hatched out in the same nest, and then a great struggle takes place between them for possession. Very odd things occasionally occur in regard to Cuckoo's eggs. I have found. 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 Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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