. 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 Black-crowned Night Heron will divide evenly between those who will try to escape by scuttling through the reeds and those who will stay to fight it out. Of the former, manj- certainly come to grief; and from the number of drowned chicks I have seen, I judge that the old birds have no wit to retrieve their young- sters once they leave the nest. Yet I saw one bantling which went souse!. Taken in Riverside County Photo by the Author A DISMAL HAUN
. 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 Black-crowned Night Heron will divide evenly between those who will try to escape by scuttling through the reeds and those who will stay to fight it out. Of the former, manj- certainly come to grief; and from the number of drowned chicks I have seen, I judge that the old birds have no wit to retrieve their young- sters once they leave the nest. Yet I saw one bantling which went souse!. Taken in Riverside County Photo by the Author A DISMAL HAUNT THE VIEW IS THAT OF THE SALTON SEA OF 1913 into the water and scrambled out again by clambering up the reeds. Not only were his great toes wrapped about the plant-stems, but he seized them with his bill as well, parrot-fashion. From those which stay to fight we shall hear a rattling or clucking Rail-like noise, delivered with menacing gestures. Two young rascals, one of whom is depicted on p. 1912, each about the size of acocoanut, made as though to eat us alive. With open beak, and fauces which really did look terrifying to a degree, they parried and lunged with the valor of Spartans. Between thrusts the muscles of the throat quivered and vibrated spasmodically, precisely as in the case of young cormorants. This behavior character is, in fact, a common ancestral inheritance of the Steganopodes and Herodiones. These particular warriors were certainly uglier than the law ought to allow. Potbellies and flippers are common juvenal characters, but the heads of these infants were covered with a twisty, scattering, long, 1915. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-19
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