. Bird-land echoes; . By Mill-Pond and Meadow. 169 * I never saw it upon the pond, the miller replied ;** but the little smooth-headed devil-divers are com-mon enough, and often theres the blue coot andanother one that runs along the shore. The miller meant a gallinule by the one runningalong the shore, a not uncommon bird, thoughrather shy ; but I was glad to hear of the commoncoot: *crow duck the gunners call it I havelong known that they breed here and in CrosswicksCreek, near by; but those wonderful bird-men who. Buffle-headed Duck. have reduced ornithology to a science have alsoreduced th
. Bird-land echoes; . By Mill-Pond and Meadow. 169 * I never saw it upon the pond, the miller replied ;** but the little smooth-headed devil-divers are com-mon enough, and often theres the blue coot andanother one that runs along the shore. The miller meant a gallinule by the one runningalong the shore, a not uncommon bird, thoughrather shy ; but I was glad to hear of the commoncoot: *crow duck the gunners call it I havelong known that they breed here and in CrosswicksCreek, near by; but those wonderful bird-men who. Buffle-headed Duck. have reduced ornithology to a science have alsoreduced the number of birds that belong to thislocality. I imagine that the birds do not caremuch. All these water-birds seem to know its un-healthy for em about here, remarked the miller,** and only show up after sundown, when they thinkeverybodys gone home ; but they miss it wonder any bird stays about thats biggern apigeon. If Id told about that diver with whiskers,H 15 170 Bird-Land Echoes. it Id a been shot on the same day ; but nobodylooked down there for anything. *It would have dodged the gunners, I guess, Ireplied ; for a close observer tells me that thosethat he sees about where he lives, in New Hamp-shire, * are usually pretty tame, and if shot at beforethey have taken alarm are easily killed ; but if thefirst shot fails, you may blaze away all day withoutany effect. I never knew one to be tired out bydiving during constant firing. At such times they Eared Grebe. go perhaps fifty yards under wate
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