. 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. . s they are induced to lay two or three times; theeggs, as Mr. Salmon informs nje, decreasing each time in these second and third layings he has kindly sent mespecimens, some of which are one third less than the usualand natural size, the consequence of a forced and unnaturalinfluence upon those strong instinctive feelings and desiresof pr
. 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. . s they are induced to lay two or three times; theeggs, as Mr. Salmon informs nje, decreasing each time in these second and third layings he has kindly sent mespecimens, some of which are one third less than the usualand natural size, the consequence of a forced and unnaturalinfluence upon those strong instinctive feelings and desiresof propagating their species, which the Creator has implantedin the animal world. If we adopt the opinion of some naturalists, that the ovariumof a bird contains from its creation all the eggs which it isto lay through life, then how soon must these persecutedGulls be rendered barren and unproductive ? perhaps evenbefore they have once had the pleasure of bringing up a familyof young ones. The nest of the Black-headed Gull is built upon theground, of dried grass loosely put together, and containsthree eggs, differing much in shape, colour, and marking, asthe accompanying Plate will show. It begins to breed to-wards the end of April or early in ;->J??^^*i3!^^^
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Keywords: ., bookauthorhewits, bookcentury1800, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1833
