. Bird lore . MEADOW-LARK AND EGGS. BARTRAMS SANDPIPER AND EGGSIllustrating the difference in the size of the eggs of birds of the same size, in relation to the condition of theyoung at birth. The young Meadow-larks are born practically naked and are reared in the nest; the youngSandpipers are born feathered and leave ihe nest soon after GREEN HERON ON NEST The Little Green Heron By RETT E. OLMSTEAD THE spring and summer of 1905 furnished abundant opportunity forthe study of the Little Green Herons in this vicinity, The birds arenumerous and several nests have been found and the bir
. Bird lore . MEADOW-LARK AND EGGS. BARTRAMS SANDPIPER AND EGGSIllustrating the difference in the size of the eggs of birds of the same size, in relation to the condition of theyoung at birth. The young Meadow-larks are born practically naked and are reared in the nest; the youngSandpipers are born feathered and leave ihe nest soon after GREEN HERON ON NEST The Little Green Heron By RETT E. OLMSTEAD THE spring and summer of 1905 furnished abundant opportunity forthe study of the Little Green Herons in this vicinity, The birds arenumerous and several nests have been found and the birds birds are found more frequently than elsewhere along the creeks,though not infrequently they are found nesting in an orchard sometimesquite a distance from water. LaSalle county, Illinois, furnished my birding ground for study the pastseason very largely. The Herons were seen fishing along the creeks andtheir courses noted, and finally a nest was discovered in a hawthorn sometwenty rods from Indian Creek. The nest is made of sticks alone, and is avery simple affair at that, somewhat similar to the nest of the MourningDove, with only enough sticks to hold the eggs. The nests found, twelveor fifteen of them, were usually located in the top of the trees, some fifteenfeet from the ground. In the orchard, an old and largely abando
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