. Through the year with Thoreau. : 37 ] which had fluttered down the hill so blind and helpless,circling low and swiftly past over my head, showingthe white spot on each wing in true nighthawk I had gone a dozen rods, it appeared againhigher in the air, with its peculiar flitting, limpingkind of flight, all the while noiseless, and, suddenlydescending, it dashed at me within ten feet of myhead, like an imp of darkness, then swept away highover the pond, dashing now to this side now to that,on different tacks, as if, in pursuit of its prey, ithad already forgotten its eggs on the e
. Through the year with Thoreau. : 37 ] which had fluttered down the hill so blind and helpless,circling low and swiftly past over my head, showingthe white spot on each wing in true nighthawk I had gone a dozen rods, it appeared againhigher in the air, with its peculiar flitting, limpingkind of flight, all the while noiseless, and, suddenlydescending, it dashed at me within ten feet of myhead, like an imp of darkness, then swept away highover the pond, dashing now to this side now to that,on different tacks, as if, in pursuit of its prey, ithad already forgotten its eggs on the earth, I cansee how it might easily come to be regarded withsuperstitious awe. Journal, v, 214, 215. [ 38:] RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS AND NEST June 1, 1857. A red-wings nest, four eggs, lowin a tuft of sedge in an open meadow. What Cham-pollion can translate the hieroglyphics on theseeggs? It is always writing of the same character,though much diversified. While the bird picks upthe material and lays the egg, who determines thestyle
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