. British birds. Birds. VOL. XV.] BREEDING-HABITS OV MERLIN. 251 seem to take no notice of them. The call of a Golden Plover, however, brought them all to attention. " At about I re-focussed the camera on the old site, hoping if the sky cleared to get a moonlight exposure of the sleeping birds. Whether the hen on the rock saw my hand go to the front or not I do not know, but the light was very poor and the whole camera well in the hide, and I should have thought it quite impossible. A few minutes Merlin; Fig. 13. Stretching. {Photographed by W. Rowan.) however, she began the
. British birds. Birds. VOL. XV.] BREEDING-HABITS OV MERLIN. 251 seem to take no notice of them. The call of a Golden Plover, however, brought them all to attention. " At about I re-focussed the camera on the old site, hoping if the sky cleared to get a moonlight exposure of the sleeping birds. Whether the hen on the rock saw my hand go to the front or not I do not know, but the light was very poor and the whole camera well in the hide, and I should have thought it quite impossible. A few minutes Merlin; Fig. 13. Stretching. {Photographed by W. Rowan.) however, she began the alarm ' Kek,' or what sounded like it to me, and kept it up till 9, once coming over the tent when the young sat motionless, wide-eyed. Then came the rapid ' Kek ' of the male, when the hen switched into the ' Eep ' note and met him. The young showed no desire for food, but relaxed from their tense attitude and began preening again. They now rubbed their beaks together and began huddling up, breasts together and heads all mixed up on top of the downy pile. And thus at they fell asleep. Of the old birds I saw or heard no Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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