. Wild nature's ways . the small green caterpillars sheheld in her bill, and taking up her station in anash-tree close by, rattled out her alarm cry withas much earnestness and persistency as if I hadbeen a marauding cat. Presently her mate cameupon the scene, and in silence took up a positionbeside her. She told him a dreadful tale of thedangers of approaching their nest, but in theabsence of anything either to see or hear, heevidently did not believe a word of the alarmingnews, and flew straight do\ to my stick, andthence to deliver the wriggling throng he heldbetween his mandibles to the hu
. Wild nature's ways . the small green caterpillars sheheld in her bill, and taking up her station in anash-tree close by, rattled out her alarm cry withas much earnestness and persistency as if I hadbeen a marauding cat. Presently her mate cameupon the scene, and in silence took up a positionbeside her. She told him a dreadful tale of thedangers of approaching their nest, but in theabsence of anything either to see or hear, heevidently did not believe a word of the alarmingnews, and flew straight do\ to my stick, andthence to deliver the wriggling throng he heldbetween his mandibles to the hungry youngstersin the breast of the bank. Again and again hecame, with such wilful and complete indifferenceto his mates warnings and entreaties, that shegrew tired of her occupation, and went away. Incourse of time she ventured timidly home, andI figured her with an expression of suspiciousalarm on her countenance, which contrastedgreatly with the bold, confident look of the male. BIRDS OF WOODLAND AND HEDGEROW. 167. MALE REDSTART. easiest to study at thenest. The male birdassists in the work ofincubation, but I havenever 3^et heard himbeguile the tedium ofhis task by song, ashas been asserted. The lesser white-throat, figured overleaf,was photgraphed whilsttaking a rest on her nest Blackcaps, lesserwhitethroats, andhedge sparrows arefrequenters of woodsof varying sizes andthick hedgerows. The first bird is,in addition to beingthe sweetest singernext to the nightin-gale visiting this coun-try, one of the very •••^■•«;- ^:4?5;fi
Size: 1176px × 2125px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, books, booksubjectnaturalhistory
