. Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls . pink, he again calls, to make sure his efforts arenot lost upon the object of his affection, and before he canfairly have recovered his breath, off he goes on another series ofgyrations accompanied by wing music. Or, he may dancejigs when in the actual presence of the loved one. Cranes,plovers, owls, and flickers, among others, go through clownishperformances to win their mates, in some instances the femalesjoining in; but the woodhen, as the proper-nice people say,remains c
. Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls . pink, he again calls, to make sure his efforts arenot lost upon the object of his affection, and before he canfairly have recovered his breath, off he goes on another series ofgyrations accompanied by wing music. Or, he may dancejigs when in the actual presence of the loved one. Cranes,plovers, owls, and flickers, among others, go through clownishperformances to win their mates, in some instances the femalesjoining in; but the woodhen, as the proper-nice people say,remains coy and apparently coldly indifferent to the madnessof her lover. He will sometimes stand motionless, as if medi-tating on some new method of winning her, his head drawnin, his bill pressing against his breast. Then, with his shorttail raised and outstretched like a grouses, and with droppedwings trailing beside him, he will strut about with a high step—a comical picture of dignity and importance. Little time need be taken from the honeymoon to make anest. This consists of a few dry leaves on the ground in the 202.
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