. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Passeres 91 ; The curious tumbling flight, the gregarious habits, and the thievish propensities are matters of common knowledge; the food consists of insects, worms, sheeps' parasites, and so forth, and also of any eggs the bird can procure. Single pairs often choose hollow trees or chimneys for their big stick and wool. Magpie's nest nest, but colonies are very common and btdld in holes in cliffs, ruins, church towers, and other like placeS, as well as in rabbit-holes on the hills. Some half-dozen green or more rarely b
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Passeres 91 ; The curious tumbling flight, the gregarious habits, and the thievish propensities are matters of common knowledge; the food consists of insects, worms, sheeps' parasites, and so forth, and also of any eggs the bird can procure. Single pairs often choose hollow trees or chimneys for their big stick and wool. Magpie's nest nest, but colonies are very common and btdld in holes in cliffs, ruins, church towers, and other like placeS, as well as in rabbit-holes on the hills. Some half-dozen green or more rarely bltiish eggs are laid, with black, brown, and olive blotches or spots. The Raven {G. corax) is now a rare bird in most places, though formerly it commonly bred inland in. 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 Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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