. 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. . pecies has been given by Mr. G. C. Atkin-son, in the Transactions of the Natural History Societyof Neivcastle. The Guillemot lays one egg only, towards the end of Mayor beginning of June ; it is amazingly large; one which I haveseen exceeds those on the Plate very considerably in size, andmeasures in length, over the surface of the egg, 5 inches,
. 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. . pecies has been given by Mr. G. C. Atkin-son, in the Transactions of the Natural History Societyof Neivcastle. The Guillemot lays one egg only, towards the end of Mayor beginning of June ; it is amazingly large; one which I haveseen exceeds those on the Plate very considerably in size, andmeasures in length, over the surface of the egg, 5 inches,being ylths more than those figured, and in circumference 7^inches, or, 1| inch more. The size of the Guillemots egg ismore striking when compared with that of other birds. The weight of the bird is about 24 ounces, that of itsegg* 3 ounces 7 drams. The weight of the laige egg mentioned above is 5 ounces7 drams 40 grains. The weight of the Common Crow is 19 ounces, that of itsegg is only 5 drams 49 grains. The weight of the King Uove is 20 ounces, that of its egg5 drams 30 grains. * The above weights aie not the correct weights of tlie frebh egg, but merely of the shell filled with water; they, however, answer the same pur-pose for
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