. British nesting birds : a complete record of every species which nests in the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain Identification. 74 BRITISH NESTING BIRDS Nesting Period.—March and April, often later. Site of Nest.—A hollow tree, or a deserted nest of a Crow, Magpie, Ring Dove, or Squirrel is used. Also in barns and outhouses. Materials Used.—Decayed chips of wood, and usual pellets and discarded feathers which accumulate in a tenanted haunt. Eggs.—Three or Four. White; round; large; by inch. Food.—Rabbits, rats, moles, mice, young birds, and, it is said, fish. Voice.—This is the
. British nesting birds : a complete record of every species which nests in the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain Identification. 74 BRITISH NESTING BIRDS Nesting Period.—March and April, often later. Site of Nest.—A hollow tree, or a deserted nest of a Crow, Magpie, Ring Dove, or Squirrel is used. Also in barns and outhouses. Materials Used.—Decayed chips of wood, and usual pellets and discarded feathers which accumulate in a tenanted haunt. Eggs.—Three or Four. White; round; large; by inch. Food.—Rabbits, rats, moles, mice, young birds, and, it is said, fish. Voice.—This is the species which utters the weird hooting noise at night. It is something like " hoo-hoo-hoo-oo-00; " also "tu-whit, tu-whoo," the last named being shriller and not so mellow. A hunger-call resembles " ky-eck. ; Chief Features.—Distinguished by its mellow hoot. The commonest British Owl. Much persecuted by gamekeepers because of harm said to be perpetrated among young game birds. For- tunately protected on some estates, where the owners like to have these birds preserved. Plumage.—Beak greyish-yellow; dusky-blue iris; above reddish- brown, marked and spotted in various shades of brown, black, and grey; on the scapulars and wing-coverts there are large spots of white; bars of dark and reddish-brown on primaries and tail-feathers; reddish-white underneath, with transverse brown bars and longitudinal dusky streaks; the legs are feathered right down to the claws. Length.—Sixteen inches. OYSTERCATCHER (Hamatopus ostralegus) Local Names.—Chalder, Chaldrick, Choldrick, Mussell-Picker, Olive, Oysterpicker, Pianet, Pie, Pied Oystercatcher, Scolder, Sea Magpie, Sea Pie, Shelder, Skelder - Drake, Tirma, Trithcham. Haunt.—The seashore and its immediate vicinity. Nesting Period.—May and beginning of June. Site of Nest. — On rocks or rough. Materials Used. — Hardly any, ex- cepting, perhaps, a few small stones or pieces of shell. Egg
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