Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
nerves in diaries leading
down into the darkness. On
scratching the stub, a peculiar
bird came forth denoting
young. We tore open one side
and saw a nest full of
birds ready to fly. Three
scrambled up the rough
wall and flew out and
were not found in the
brush but the other six
we managed to journal
and they sat for their
pictures as nicely as
could be asked. In color
they were just like the
adults. She was
calling near by so we
patched up the hole and