. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . The Kittiwake. its retreat at its own free will, in one case for a periodof more than twenty-seven years 1 It nests in May orJune and lays two eggs, those in different nests varyinggreatly in colour and markings. The length of the Kitti-wake is a little over i foot, and its general colour isslate grey on the back and white on the under parts ofthe body. The Laughing Gull. See Black-headed Gull. loo BRITISri BIRDS The Lesser Black-backed Gull. This Gull is found on the west coas
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . The Kittiwake. its retreat at its own free will, in one case for a periodof more than twenty-seven years 1 It nests in May orJune and lays two eggs, those in different nests varyinggreatly in colour and markings. The length of the Kitti-wake is a little over i foot, and its general colour isslate grey on the back and white on the under parts ofthe body. The Laughing Gull. See Black-headed Gull. loo BRITISri BIRDS The Lesser Black-backed Gull. This Gull is found on the west coasts of England andScotland and is of much less frequent occurrence in thesouth and east, although occasionally seen there in thewinter. It is about the same size as the Black-headed TiiK Lesser Black-backed Gull. The nest is placed in all kinds of places and contains, asa rule, three eggs, which vary a good deal in appearance :they are usually laid in June. Wings dark slate-grey withwhite tips to primaries and secondaries, the rest of thebody pale greyish white, beak and legs yellow. FOR CAGES AND AVIARIES. loi THE WHITE-HEADED HARPY. Sec Harrier(Marsh). THE HARRIERS. The Hen-Harrier. The male Hen-Hariier (which reads somewhat Hke acontradiction in terms) is by no means ^a commonobject in this country, and does not appear ever to havebeen of frequent occurrence, at least of late years; it isone of our smaller Hawks, measuring something over i8inches, and weighing about a pound (the female is decidedlylarger). His general colour is bluish-grey, darker on theupper than on the lower surface; the feathers of the neckhave a dark edging, and those of the tail, except the centralpair, are crossed by fine narrow bands of a head is grey, and the cere yel
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