. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . 224. Wilson up their own food before they were ten hours old. dainty, she is naturally, perhaps, somewhat overbear-ing in her domestic relations, refusing to consider hermaster in anything. She does all the wooing, andwoe to the unfortunate male if two females placetheir choice upon him. No voice will he have in thematter, for the more persistent or the stronger will wi
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . 224. Wilson up their own food before they were ten hours old. dainty, she is naturally, perhaps, somewhat overbear-ing in her domestic relations, refusing to consider hermaster in anything. She does all the wooing, andwoe to the unfortunate male if two females placetheir choice upon him. No voice will he have in thematter, for the more persistent or the stronger will win,and he must follow her. To do him justice,, he seemsto admire her fully as much because she is the choice is made his daily life is cut out for must make the nest in which madam condescendsto lay three or four buff eggs spotted with dark that the entire care of incubation and rearing thebrood devolves upon him. In one instance at least, I 60 WATER BIRDS am positive that the mother was not near the nest atany time after the eggs were laid. The male broodedcontinually, leaving only when necessary to obtain as soon as the down was dry on the chicks theyran
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