File:Bird-lore (1917) (14732717876).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,772 × 2,610 pixels, file size: 1.53 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
EGGS AND NEWLY HATCHED YOUNG OF VIRGINIA RAIL foot-tracks, and the mother came quickly and, taking it up, ran off into theflags, carrying it dangling from her bill as a cat carries her kittens. The malenow showed himself for the first time. He kept close to the outlying cover,scolding as he dodged in and out among the flags and grass. Next day as I approached, the female was on the nest brooding and themale began to scold from the cover. A few times he came out and charged atme with wings drooping but did not come close like the female. When thefemale left the nest, the young (and there was now a nestful) immediatelyfollowed, scattering and hiding in the grass. There was now but one egg leftunhatched, and the chick came out of it twenty minutes later. Soon after
Text Appearing After Image:
WHILE FOCUSING MV CAMERA, THE MOTHER APPEARED CARRYING ONE OFTHE LITTLE ONES IN HER BILL. DROPPED IT INTO THE NEST AND THEN SETTLEDDOWN TO BROOD IT. (246) The Summer Life of the Virginia Rail 247 leaving the nest the mother came back and called softly, when, as if by magic,little animated balls of black appeared to spring up all around and roll to her.I caught ten of them, and, putting them into one of my foot-tracks in the softmud, they remained quietly until the mother came and called, then, peepingfaintly, they tried to climb out. Failing to call them to her, she came andpicked one from the pit and carried it away into the flags. I followed at oncebut before I could catch up with her she had dropped it and came back to meet

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14732717876/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Volume
InfoField
19, 1917
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:birdlore19nati
  • bookyear:1899
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:National_Association_of_Audubon_Societies_for_the_Protection_of_Wild_Birds_and_Animals
  • booksubject:Birds____Periodicals
  • booksubject:Birds____Conservation_Periodicals
  • bookpublisher:New_York__National_Association_of_Audubon_Societies
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:275
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:americana
  • BHL Collection
  • BHL Consortium
Flickr posted date
InfoField
27 July 2014

Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14732717876. It was reviewed on 29 July 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

29 July 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:32, 29 July 2015Thumbnail for version as of 23:32, 29 July 20151,772 × 2,610 (1.53 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{subst:chc}} {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': birdlore19nati ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fbirdlore19nati%2F find...

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bird-lore_(1917)_(14732717876).jpg&oldid=889580345"