. Minerai d'oiseau . OISEAU GRIS le oiseau gris à la maison 167 leur cou vers le haut, ouvrant leur bouche larj^e, attendant la nourriture.la mère était proche^y, avec son grand bec plein; J'ai donc pagayé pour donner à hera la chance de nourrir ses bébés affamés, et aussi de faire des pistes pour l'abri, les nuages de pluie asuper se calaient dans le ciel. La pluie a simplement été diffusée pendant la semaine, la nuit et le jour suivants. Le septième jour, le soleil se rendit une fois de plus sur son chemin, et je me rendis aux mangroves. Les lacs et les cours d'eau le long de la voie s'étaient levés, transportant des ponts et noyant le yo

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. Bird-lore . GRAY KINGBIRD The Gray Kingbird at Home 167 their necks upward, opening their larj^e mouths, expectantly awaiting food.The mother was nearl^y, with her large beak full; so I paddled on to give hera chance to feed her hungry babies, and also to make tracks for shelter, asgreat rain clouds were banking in the skies. Rain simply streamed down for the following week, night and day almostincessantly. On the seventh day, the sun nosed his way through once more, and I again journeyed to the mangroves. The lakes and streams along theway had risen, carrying away bridges and drowning the young Crackles and Red-wings, as the heretofore reed-covered ponds were nearly uninterrupted sheets. NEST AND EGGS OF GRAY KINGBIRD of water, and below were dozens of young that had been unable to escape as thewater closed over them. I had fears now as to whether my Kingbirds hadsurvived this devastating downpour; and, indeed, my fears were only too welljustified, for, on reaching the nests, I found them battered and soaked, somedislodged and in others the young dead. Probably death resulted from cold andwet and perhaps also starvation, as it would have been a hard job to securemuch for the babes to eat during those days. I paddled away sadly. The storm had done its work grimly; not onlyBlackbirds and Kingbirds had suffered, the ground nesters had had as muchtrouble. The Plovers nests on the beaches were destroyed by the high tides, and Chuck-wills eggs that had been found floating were brought in. Insteadof being discouraged and moping over this tragedy, the little feathered workers 168 Bird- Lore got busy again, and in a few days when I made the last trip for the season to themangro

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