With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . )urewhite eirirs from a I louse Spariows nest. I liave AIIXURMAL EGGS. 205 also soon a CliatHiicirs nost coiitaiiiinj^- five paloo-rcciiisli-hluc luiiiuirkod eggs. I found a l>lack-birds nest in tlie si)iino- of 1S96 containing foursmall greenisli-gToy unspottod eggs, tlie shells ofwhich were rough and granulated. 8oin(3 birds lav their (?.^^>^ straight off, one. e- every day, and then commence to sit, \vhilst others,probably influenced by the character of the weather,lay ir
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . )urewhite eirirs from a I louse Spariows nest. I liave AIIXURMAL EGGS. 205 also soon a CliatHiicirs nost coiitaiiiinj^- five paloo-rcciiisli-hluc luiiiuirkod eggs. I found a l>lack-birds nest in tlie si)iino- of 1S96 containing foursmall greenisli-gToy unspottod eggs, tlie shells ofwhich were rough and granulated. 8oin(3 birds lav their (?.^^>^ straight off, one. e- every day, and then commence to sit, \vhilst others,probably influenced by the character of the weather,lay irregularly, missing a day or two as they pro-ceed. I have endeavoured to make a series of svs-tematic observations on this ])oint, but accidentsand lack of time to carry them out pro]:)(irly haverendered my tigures unworthy of tabulation. What puzzles me in regard to some birds is thatthey build in sucli crauiped situations and lay so 206 WITH XATTRE AX I) A CAMERA. mam cogs tliat tlicy cannot jjossibly cover themall except two deep, and yet those in the bottomlaver receive a .sufficient amount of heat to incu-l)ate them. I liave seen Coal Tits eg-gs disposed inthis way, aiul the bottom row had each workedthemselves such deej) ind(Mitations in tlie materialswith which the nest Avas composed as to be halfburied. I have also seen a Moor liens nest wdthnine eogs in it, some of which were piled u\Hm theothers. Of course, it may be said that a sitting-bird turns her eggs over dai
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