CHAPTER XXXV NESTING HABITS 



ed so to do, bringing home their broods as soon as they are 

 hatched. At other seasons they never seem inclined to 

 wander, though they are always to be seen at the very ear- 

 liest dawn of the morning, before it is quite light, spread 

 out over the grass-field adjoining the house, hunting it in 

 a regular line of advance for worms and snails. As the 

 evening comes on, too, it is amusing to see them bent on 

 the same pursuit, and displaying the greatest activity and 

 skill in catching the large evening moths, as these insects 

 rise from the grass or fly low over it. 





