. 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. . Ou-Stimftiy^ C HffTTLts ooi-. l>^a£, iJ-tH td CXXVIIl. FAI-CO KSALON. (Tkmm. Mehlin. The eggs of the Mcrliii, as far as any notice occuis oftheir detection in this country, haA e been found depositedupon the heath of the extensive moors of the however says, that the Merlin breeds in trees, andthis I think is
. 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. . Ou-Stimftiy^ C HffTTLts ooi-. l>^a£, iJ-tH td CXXVIIl. FAI-CO KSALON. (Tkmm. Mehlin. The eggs of the Mcrliii, as far as any notice occuis oftheir detection in this country, haA e been found depositedupon the heath of the extensive moors of the however says, that the Merlin breeds in trees, andthis I think is most hkely the case, in those districts whichaboimd in wood. The eggs too, are like those of the tree, orrock-building Hawks. Whilst in Norway, we had the eggs ofa Hawk brought to us, which had been taken from a tree, andwhich, I have not the least doubt, were those of the Merlin,corresponding exactly with Fig. 1 of the Plate, both in sizeand colour, being less than those of the Kestrel, to whichthey bear the nearest resemblance. We also noticed a pairof these birds, in a thick part of the forest, which, duringour stay in their neighboiu:hood, evinced all that solicitude,which birds do on your approach to their nests. The eggs are fom* or fiv
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