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Sometimes the nests are built so close , that the homes of insects and birds rattle
against each other when the wind blows ... we may mention here the following
cases given by Myers : ' At Liguanea , Jamaica , a nest of C¿reba in a very
prickly ...
Sometimes the nests are built so close , that the homes of insects and birds rattle
against each other when the wind blows ... we may mention here the following
cases given by Myers : ' At Liguanea , Jamaica , a nest of C¿reba in a very
prickly ...
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well - known tactics , familiar to all observers of birds in nature , by which a parent
endeavours to decoy intruders away from the vicinity of nest or young . Here it is
not conspicuous coloration , but conspicuous and symbolical antics , which ...
well - known tactics , familiar to all observers of birds in nature , by which a parent
endeavours to decoy intruders away from the vicinity of nest or young . Here it is
not conspicuous coloration , but conspicuous and symbolical antics , which ...
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nests of other bird . Fosterer different localities , those of its habitual ... For
example , Stuart Baker states that the Koel ( Eudynamis scolopaceus ) practically
never lays in any nest except in that of a true Crow . The only exceptions out of
many ...
nests of other bird . Fosterer different localities , those of its habitual ... For
example , Stuart Baker states that the Koel ( Eudynamis scolopaceus ) practically
never lays in any nest except in that of a true Crow . The only exceptions out of
many ...
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