Year
Unknown
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Transcription
saw another bird, head down and crowding,
running to the left about 10 yds. down the
hill from the first bird. This second bird
certainly a male, came down into the green
flat to feed but nervously kept looking
about him. Suddenly from the right rushed
in another male who made for the first
male and after a short chase bill-to-bill,
the first male took off with screeching.
The second male & first male were of equal
sings. The second male began to feed, and
in a short while turned up his tail in a display.
At that moment within the same field of
my binoculars, a female came across the
acacias (?) to join him. He would display
whenever she got near him. Once she chased
him bill-to-bill, but her usual reaction was
to dash about a yard away from him. After
about 15 minutes of this plus mostly feeding,
the male made a 5 yd. run to the right. She
followed him behind some grass and they were
start of right for about half a minute, after
which the male started at a rapid walk
up the hill. [It also started raining hard
at this time]. The female remained on the
green flats for quite a while feeding, going almost
to the edge of the river. Squatted for about 10
minutes, then began to feed again. Suddenly,