. Wisconsin bird-study bulletin . racts all attention to herself. Away she limps and flutters,adroitly keeping just a little beyond reach and acting her part so per-fectly that even the wood-wise hunter is at times made to think thatreally this one is actually hurt, this is no sham, when, off she goes assound as any bird in the wood. Then the hunter, feeling a little fool-ish at having been tricked by a bird that he knew all the time to befull of such deceits, turns back thinking that he may discover someof the little ones for whose safety all this pretty acting has been no, he is foo
. Wisconsin bird-study bulletin . racts all attention to herself. Away she limps and flutters,adroitly keeping just a little beyond reach and acting her part so per-fectly that even the wood-wise hunter is at times made to think thatreally this one is actually hurt, this is no sham, when, off she goes assound as any bird in the wood. Then the hunter, feeling a little fool-ish at having been tricked by a bird that he knew all the time to befull of such deceits, turns back thinking that he may discover someof the little ones for whose safety all this pretty acting has been no, he is fooled again: he can not be sure just where he was whenhe began his efforts to rescue the poor wounded bird. There is not asign of a -chick anywhere to be seen. He turns over leaves, pieces ofbark, a dead branch here, a tuft of grass there, but no—he has lost hisplace, the chicks are safe and the mothers point is gained. A¥hen thedanger is past, she clucks them together again and they go on withtheir search for seeds and 249 CEDAR WAXWING. 619. Ampelis cedrorum. (Vieill.) f Life-size, yPORD, CHICAGO WISCONSIN BIRD-STUDY BULLETIN. 17 CEDAR WAXWING, CEDAR BIRD. An erratic resident at least in southern Wisconsin; length aboutseven indies; sexes alike; nest hnlky^ made of grasses, root and barkfibers and similar material lined vjith finer fibers; often placed in fruittrees about home grounds and in cedars; eggs, tliree to five. Th3wandering habits of the winter flocks are probably due to lack of fooisupply. If we were to accuse any bird of wearing a tailor-made gown, itwould be this trim, dainty waxwing. The modest, unruffled beauty ofthe plumage makes it a general favorite. Can you imagine a softeror prettier combination of browns? How tastefully its sober tonesare picked out here and there by brilliant bits of color! The-scarlettips of the wing feathers, the yellow edging of the tail, the touch ofwhite under the eye and the black bar through it. Could old Polonius,in Ha
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