. Twenty-five photographs (printed in platinotype) . The House-Martin ( Ckelidon urbica) LlNKdSUS. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, AND EGGS. (JT~*HIS species is easily recognised by its conspicuous white rump, which isclearly seen when the bird is flying, and which acts as a capital recognitionmark, and readily separates it from the other British Hirundinidce. The nest, composed of mud lined with a little grass and feathers, isfixed to the wall beneath some projecting masonry. The female is carrying afeather in her beak; her partner is clinging to the side of the nest. The purewhite eggs cannot be shown o
. Twenty-five photographs (printed in platinotype) . The House-Martin ( Ckelidon urbica) LlNKdSUS. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, AND EGGS. (JT~*HIS species is easily recognised by its conspicuous white rump, which isclearly seen when the bird is flying, and which acts as a capital recognitionmark, and readily separates it from the other British Hirundinidce. The nest, composed of mud lined with a little grass and feathers, isfixed to the wall beneath some projecting masonry. The female is carrying afeather in her beak; her partner is clinging to the side of the nest. The purewhite eggs cannot be shown owing to the depth of the nest. The brickwork and stone coping are both reproductions—the former incoloured plaster, the other in papier mache. Presented by Mr. R. Newstead, Senr.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1895
