BIRDS OF THE WAVE AND WOODLAND 



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thing or other is sure to attract 

 its attention, especially if it has its 

 brood behind it, and its mate is 

 on the watch, makinof a oreat show 

 of vigilance and unnecessary 

 sagacity. The young ones — trying 

 to follow the mother's movements 



THE WATER HEN 



as she darts at a fly 

 here, pecks at some- 

 thing there, suddenly 

 stands on her head 



