SOUNDS MADE BY WINGS OF BIRDS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 252, 17 October 1908, Page 3

SOUNDS MADE BY WINGS OF BIRDS.

liirds an- -ueli nia.-tcrs of Hie voi-e that it would scorn as though they needed no oilier moans of expression; yet i many of them make and find use for other kinds of sounds, usually by means of their wings. When a grouse bursts | up from our feet the noise made ilisenneerls its jiursuer for an instant. This does iii)t. compare in volume or in lerest. however, with the loud, niiilfb-d drumming uf the eock grouse in the il challenge lo rivals. Various oilier birds have (he same hal.il. in oilier eountries. Turkeys -crape Iheir wings along (he ground, and in spring nigiilhiiwks make a slranuo. booming sound iu tin- air with Iheir wing-. As the breediiui season begins the male snipe eommei'iees calling for a mate. These calls are always uttered upon Ihe wing, and eon-isC of ii piping and clicking no'ej often repealed, an 1 accompanied at in-" tervals bv aln ling or bleatimr uoi-e 'not. uulilie thai of a goal. Heme (he IrMi |>roviiieiiil name, ''■ lienl her bleat," for this bird. Whenever this iemitted, the bird is diving from a great height willi extreme velocity, and gking a iremhling niolion lo the wings, which are peculiarly formed, so as to produce a drumming noise.