. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds . closer rangethan is usually possible. In this case weshall make the mountain come to Maho-met, or bring the nest from the treetop toa point nearer the ground, where there isno foliage to obscure our vision, and wherewe can see every thing that transpires,within reach of the hand. Birds differ slightly in every bodilycharacter, as well as in every mental trait,and while we commonly meet with averagetypes, extremes of temperament are by nomeans rare. This fact is illustrated by theRobins whose history follows. On
. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds . closer rangethan is usually possible. In this case weshall make the mountain come to Maho-met, or bring the nest from the treetop toa point nearer the ground, where there isno foliage to obscure our vision, and wherewe can see every thing that transpires,within reach of the hand. Birds differ slightly in every bodilycharacter, as well as in every mental trait,and while we commonly meet with averagetypes, extremes of temperament are by nomeans rare. This fact is illustrated by theRobins whose history follows. One pair dwelt in the woods and wereexceedingly wary, while the other was com-fortably settled in town, and lived on afamiliar footing with man. The townRobins had, I suspected, already led fortha brood from a pine tree on the bank closeto my house, but at all events there was anew nest in the apple tree on the top of the hill, and on the twenty-fifth of July themother bird was sitting on three blue eggs. Incubation lasted about two weeks, and lifeat the nest about twelve days. 36.
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