. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. which commonly fouls more than half the nest. Occasionally an egg is markedly dissimilar to the rest of the clutch; one such was pale pinkish, only very lightly stippled and dotted purplish-pink and noticeably lighter than the other, more typical eggs. Wolfe (1938) describing his eggs of F. c. chicquera makes the point that they do not resemble those of the Merlin Falco columbarius, a supposedly close relative. The latter, as well summarised. Figures 1 and 2. Falco chicquera nest site No. 3, Kafue River, Zambia and the clutch of four eggs in an e
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. which commonly fouls more than half the nest. Occasionally an egg is markedly dissimilar to the rest of the clutch; one such was pale pinkish, only very lightly stippled and dotted purplish-pink and noticeably lighter than the other, more typical eggs. Wolfe (1938) describing his eggs of F. c. chicquera makes the point that they do not resemble those of the Merlin Falco columbarius, a supposedly close relative. The latter, as well summarised. Figures 1 and 2. Falco chicquera nest site No. 3, Kafue River, Zambia and the clutch of four eggs in an ex-Pied Crow's Corvus albus nest at site No. 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 British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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