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The Bird 



fowl, except perhaps the ]:)ig and pugnacious swans, who 

 can take better care of themselves, and lay onh' five 

 eggs or fewer. The long-legged wading birds also, such 

 as the storks, ibises, herons, and the like, are fairly safe 

 in the breeding season, because they nest in trees, as 

 a loile, (Fig. 3o6,j and consequently we here find onl}- two 



Fig. '/AH. — Nest and eggs of California Partridge. 



to four y(jun')i in t}je annua) brf>fjd; so with Ihe snake- 

 birds. 



"l'\ds brings us to the game-birds — the world-wide 

 tribes of par-tridfres, pheasants, grouse, turkeys, jungle fowls, 

 peacocks, and tljf like — wbic-h arf- of ]ur^(- /\/.(\ r\u\ about 

 on the fTT'ound, and are of interest to sportsmen and ('i^i- 

 cures. A\'it}j few exceptioiLS, these must put forth a 



