FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 143 



1.51 male fed young and cleaned young birds' excrements 

 away. 



1.55 male fed young, entering irom back of nest as usual 

 and afterward flying out of the front. 



1.58 male fed young. I whistled to him and he paused, 

 afterwards finished feeding young and fled quickly. 



2.3 male came and fed young and cleaned nest. The hen 

 fled about round the nest, but would not go on. 



2.5 hen pitched at back of nest and bolted straight out past 

 the camera. 2.10 and 2.15 male fed young. 



2.30 male fed young and ate their excreta. The hen 

 fluttered round nervously. 2.22 male fed young. 



2.23 hen pitched on the back of ths nest and bolted straight 

 out. 2.24 she returned, fed the young and cleaned the nest. 



2.25 the cock, and at 2.33, the hen fed the young. 



2.51 hen came to the nest and then bolted. 



2.52 cock fed young whilst hen fluttered round nervously ; 

 at 2.55, 2.58, and 3 p.m. female came to the nest, but 

 did not stay. 3.1 she came again and fed all the young, 

 but was in a highly nervous state ; she brought the same 

 character of food as the cock. 



3.15 male fed young and cleaned the nest. 3.30 male fed 

 young again. 3.25 hen came in and bolted again. 



3.30 male fed young and cleaned nest, while the hen kept 

 around in a nervous state of flutter. 3.40 the cock fed young 

 and cleaned nest. 



The young fidget all the time and whenever either parent 

 comes they crane up their heads. At the sound of footsteps 

 or even the bustling of a pigeon they are as still as death, 

 yet they are only a few days old and can only, just to say, 

 see. Still, they are not so knowing as one would assume, 

 for while they are nervous of footfalls, yet if I disturb the 

 leaves near the nest gently they think more food is coming. 



3.45 male took excrement away after feeding 3 r oung. I 

 have only seen him consume it once. 



At 4 o'clock I put a bit of furze at the back of the nsst to 

 try to make the cock come to the front (but he found his way 



