. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . t after nest \\;is rifled b_\- the ])rowliug \ermin & that housed in the ri\-er-bank. Once as I was crossing a luxuriant stretch oflierbage a fi>ot or more in height, I came upcin two broken egg-shells of aCinnamon Teal. A little search disclosed the nest about six feet away and aglance revealed the tragedy which had been enacted on the ])revious grass tussock which sheltered the nest gajjed open and the dark down wasscattered. A befouled and broken egg bore sad
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . t after nest \\;is rifled b_\- the ])rowliug \ermin & that housed in the ri\-er-bank. Once as I was crossing a luxuriant stretch oflierbage a fi>ot or more in height, I came upcin two broken egg-shells of aCinnamon Teal. A little search disclosed the nest about six feet away and aglance revealed the tragedy which had been enacted on the ])revious grass tussock which sheltered the nest gajjed open and the dark down wasscattered. A befouled and broken egg bore sad testimony to the UKjrtal frightof the mother bird, altho none of the remaining six were broken. A bit ofblood on the down showed that it was the birfl rather than the eggs the 778 THE CINNAMON TEAL miscreant was after: ami lier I found dead uiu her hack some six feet was a sliarp \voun<l n\-ei tlie heart—no other mark of \iolence—anddissection showed that ahho the iieart itself had not been pierced, the neighbor-ino- blood \-essels had and the blood exhausted. One slunklers to think of the. Taken ill Uonnlns iouiity. Photo by the Author. NEST AND EGGS OF CINNAMON TEAL. X Q T^ M00 KCQ 05K H^-0 K S! w <! OS J00 X< s 0
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