. Birds' nests & eggs : with directions for preparing, stuffing, and mounting birds and animals : with thirteen engravings and diagrams, and a coloured illustration of the eggs of British pet eggs. Birds; Birds; Taxidermy. The eggs of birds, like most of tlie pro- ductions of nature, are wonderfully perfect in the symmetry of their form, as well as beautifally rich and harmonious in their colouriug. In form, they range in every curve of the line of beauty, from the round and almost spherical egg of many owls to the acutely pointed oval of the blackbird and most of the small birds. On this
. Birds' nests & eggs : with directions for preparing, stuffing, and mounting birds and animals : with thirteen engravings and diagrams, and a coloured illustration of the eggs of British pet eggs. Birds; Birds; Taxidermy. The eggs of birds, like most of tlie pro- ductions of nature, are wonderfully perfect in the symmetry of their form, as well as beautifally rich and harmonious in their colouriug. In form, they range in every curve of the line of beauty, from the round and almost spherical egg of many owls to the acutely pointed oval of the blackbird and most of the small birds. On this diversity of form in the eggs some authorities, thinking they had dis- covered the order of nature, have attempted to form a system of classification; but a very brief examination dissolves tliis dream, u ^. 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 London [England] : S. O. Beeton
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