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DABCHICKS, haunt the river 

 Lark, 261 



Eleven together seen on Lark 

 in winter, 261 



Fascination in becoming ac- 

 quainted with, 261 



Curious note of, 262-264 ; and 

 what it suggests, 262 ; is 

 not "whit" but "queek," 

 263, 264 



Grande Finale of, 262, 263 



Matrimonial duet of, 263, 



299, 3oo, 33, 305, 3 1 4, 

 315 ; and what it ex- 

 presses, 263-265 ; is per- 

 formed summer and winter, 

 299, 300 



Mate for life, 263, 265 



Observations on a pair of, at 

 Tuddenham, 296-306 



Domestic habits of, 296-320 



Additions to nest by, after ap- 

 parent completion and dur- 

 ing incubation, 297-299, 301 



Such additions seem unneces- 

 sary, 301 



Leap on to nest of, 297, 302 



Removal of weed from eggs 

 by, 297, 299, 303 



Nest of, described, 298 



Close sitting of, on occasions, 

 298 



Eggs sometimes left un- 

 covered by, 298, 299, 300, 



303,304 



Change on the nest of the, 

 299, 301, 34 



Difficulty in eluding observa- 

 tion of, 299 



Habit of covering eggs of, 

 seems fluctuating and 

 unintelligent, 300 ; pro- 

 bable origin of the habit, 

 300 



Chicks fed by parents with 

 weed, 301, 302, 304, 307, 

 308,311 



Dabchicks (continued] 



Chicks ride on parent's back, 



302, 303, 304 

 Jump up on to nest, with 



young on back, 302, 303, 



305 

 Sit still in water as though 



on nest, 303, 305 

 Family scenes, 303, 305, 311 

 Three chicks on parent's back, 



34 

 One egg out of the four laid 



by, left unhatched, 305, 



306, 307, 319, 320 

 Pair of, observed from pair of 



Hatherley steps, 306 

 Chicks divided between 



parents after leaving nest 



for good, 307, 320 

 Subdivision of parental labour 



in, 307 

 Assiduous feeding of chicks 



by male, 307 



"Peep, peep" of, whilst feed- 

 ing young, 308 

 Chicks sit under parent's 



wing, on back, 308, 309, 



313 



Natural hollow on back of, 

 for chicks to sit in, 308, 



3.09 

 Chicks rarely sit in true nest 



with parent except on 



back, 309 



" Dearest chuck," note of, 309 

 Invisibility of chicks on 



parent's back, 310 

 Parent dives with three chicks 



on back, 310-312 

 Chicks prefer mother's back, 



312, 313; and mount 



male's with more duficulty, 



312 

 Back of, as seat for young, 



3.13 

 Chicks striped like tigers, 



313 



