. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. t6 ELEMENTS OF OBNITHOLOGT. through their narrow bills margined with tooth-like processes. They are noted as great destroyers of tish. Of them, the G-oosander {Merrjus merganser) may be taken as a type—a bird dear to the Scandinavian peasant. Mr. Seebohm telis * us that, as the House-martin has found a better shelter for its nest under the eaves of a roof than in a cliff, so the Goosander immediately avails itself of the wooden" boxes which the Pins fasten up in the trees to temp
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. t6 ELEMENTS OF OBNITHOLOGT. through their narrow bills margined with tooth-like processes. They are noted as great destroyers of tish. Of them, the G-oosander {Merrjus merganser) may be taken as a type—a bird dear to the Scandinavian peasant. Mr. Seebohm telis * us that, as the House-martin has found a better shelter for its nest under the eaves of a roof than in a cliff, so the Goosander immediately avails itself of the wooden" boxes which the Pins fasten up in the trees to tempt them. These are made with a trap-door Fig. The Goosander {Mergus merganser). behind "so that the peasant may daily rob the nest, and thus make the too-confiding bird lay a score or more of eggs before the wary man thinks it prudent to cease his depredations, and allow the Goosander to sit upon the nest for fear of spoiling the next year's ; In a half-domesticated state, on the surface or margins of our ponds, by homely farmsteads or in pleasure-grounds, we often find those small familiar Water-Birds known as " Moor-hens " * British Birds, vol. iii. p. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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