. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . •3 vm OK Stone Jjj W CHew tsou. DajritEU^i£.Lith5 CAUDATA. (kav.) Magpie, Pianet. This elegant and well known bird is another of those whichare in this country doomed to the most exterminating de-struction, because they exercise those instincts which are im-planted in them by the God of Nature. It has become (inconsequence of its persecu
. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . •3 vm OK Stone Jjj W CHew tsou. DajritEU^i£.Lith5 CAUDATA. (kav.) Magpie, Pianet. This elegant and well known bird is another of those whichare in this country doomed to the most exterminating de-struction, because they exercise those instincts which are im-planted in them by the God of Nature. It has become (inconsequence of its persecuted life, and contrary to its dispo-sition) one of the shyest birds we meet with ; a little of itsnature will, however, even here, prevail in its selection ofthose trees for its nest, which are near some human Norway, a country where it meets with nothing but kind-ness, it is upon the most familiar terms with the natives. Inthe town of Drontheim, it builds its nest under the eaves oftheir warehouses, and on the churches, upon the roofs ofwhich, and the surrounding tombstones, a dozen of them maybe seen at one time. In the country, and even upon the islands adjacent to tliecoast, we scarcely saw a single house without two or more
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