. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . ndo): indeed, so closewere they together, that, in many instances, we were obligedcarefully to pick our steps, in order to avoid treading uponthem; they were either upon the grass as it grew, or upon asmall quantity gathered together for that purpose. They aremostly two, sometimes three in number. A more interesting sight than the above can scarc
. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . ndo): indeed, so closewere they together, that, in many instances, we were obligedcarefully to pick our steps, in order to avoid treading uponthem; they were either upon the grass as it grew, or upon asmall quantity gathered together for that purpose. They aremostly two, sometimes three in number. A more interesting sight than the above can scarcely beimagined: the rocks around us, for the greatest part of theyear, bleak, silent, and uninhabited, were now everywhereornamented with the eggs, and enlivened by the constant (Ihad almost said, musical,) cry of these neat and elegant birds,which were soaring over our heads in thousands. The three figures are varieties only, and certainly very re-markable ones, of the same species; the first shewing theusual contour. The Sea Swallow breeds late, as do most of the sea birds;the female does not, generally, begin to sit till June. I havealways found the first week in that month the best time toobtain fresh specimens of the eggs of the sea
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