. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Pied-billed Grebe now that "milady" has consented to hug this odious creature to her heart in the shape of muff or stole. The pattern is further set off by touches of chestnut on the head, and with higher reds on eyelids and bill. These little studies in black-and-white are, moreover, eloquent of ancestral beauty, now rehearsed alone in the brief hour of childhood. Whatever did Uriah do to forfeit such ancient grandeur? The babies are
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Pied-billed Grebe now that "milady" has consented to hug this odious creature to her heart in the shape of muff or stole. The pattern is further set off by touches of chestnut on the head, and with higher reds on eyelids and bill. These little studies in black-and-white are, moreover, eloquent of ancestral beauty, now rehearsed alone in the brief hour of childhood. Whatever did Uriah do to forfeit such ancient grandeur? The babies are as cute as they are striking in appearance, and the fortunate captor cannot resist the appeal of play with such dainty toys at hand. At first, escape by diving is their only thought, but they are too light in weight to stay under long. Some try hiding, and lie motion- less behind a water-weed, with only the tip of the bill and nostrils emerg- ing. Best of all, is to see them paddling about on the surface of the water, which is no hardship, and especially to see them linking up chain- fashion in the vain endeavor to use the other fellow as a "; This instinct to climb up on something is explained when the mother bird appears on the scene. If you will retire discreetly, she will call her chicks by clear, resonant notes, tender and anxious, peek poolk. Scur- rying over the water to meet her, the chicks scramble instantly upon the mother's back where they are both secreted and held in place by the inner edges of the partially uplifted wings. With her brood so disposed, the mother grebe (with all her sins forgiven now) prefers to ride high upon the surface of the water. But she will dive with her burden if need be, and the babies thus traverse very considerable distances in the "only original" Taken in Merced County Photo by the Author A NEW GENERATION YET THE DRESS OF THESE ARTLESS BABIES IS ELOQUENT OF BYGONE DAYS, A MILLE-MILLENNIUM OF
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