. Home life in bird-land [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ysgyl?;-^ ?': A Garden Lake of wlijit l);il)y (iivl)cs |(»(>k likr wlnri a day old. I iMiist also nicntictii tlitir eyes: lacli is laim-, an;l yfixis to tlit' voiinj'stcr a most singular appearance. .Mtlioiiiili the y(Miii<»' hirds are so small, tliey are iiexertheless exceedingly ele\er in the water: on land they are all hut helpless. .Fust a day after the last yonn<ister had lel't its e<;«i' I found myself with my camera once more anutn^st the leafy paths surroundinj^' this garden lake. Slowly I stalked towards the nest, and w
. Home life in bird-land [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ysgyl?;-^ ?': A Garden Lake of wlijit l);il)y (iivl)cs |(»(>k likr wlnri a day old. I iMiist also nicntictii tlitir eyes: lacli is laim-, an;l yfixis to tlit' voiinj'stcr a most singular appearance. .Mtlioiiiili the y(Miii<»' hirds are so small, tliey are iiexertheless exceedingly ele\er in the water: on land they are all hut helpless. .Fust a day after the last yonn<ister had lel't its e<;«i' I found myself with my camera once more anutn^st the leafy paths surroundinj^' this garden lake. Slowly I stalked towards the nest, and when ahout twenty yards awav I thout^ht it was (piite empty; hut as I looked throu<^h my "lasses F saw something- that looked like a leaf in motion. F slowly went closer, and then F saw two of these remarkable little crea- tmvs just descrihed sitting' on the ed^e of the nest. 'F'he other two. as F discoNcred by some faint s(|ueaks. were actually sportin<;' in the middle of the lake. One of those in the nest scrambled off when it saw me. tumbled into the water, and made the l)est of its opportunities by swinunin«'' away, not for<;'ettin^' to (ii\e in a most comical but skilful fashion. One look at me with its wide-open eyes, then under it. 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 Pike, Oliver G. (Oliver Gregory), b. 1877. Toronto : Musson
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