. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. Dstrils, ami oncp Innont displayrd iiif a A'W casunl \c King's Hi'ad, 'oin the o)iposite liotcl. Almost .djoiiiiiig, which, t any particular to the old house k, Sir, yonder!' â ^ir, lie is a most on linrsoliack or â¢ticwhu'H of this s constantly fed uuch so. indeed, iivinc'od was the . one ])articular (' made a waiter â¢d that the liird and ('X(daiiiiiiij;, till' liifil's \viii','s liMvini; nnt the I Ml unwittingly iiidni'ci] mo to ly hopping from low that li;;hted. ('.n. I'IfOW,â(
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. Dstrils, ami oncp Innont displayrd iiif a A'W casunl \c King's Hi'ad, 'oin the o)iposite liotcl. Almost .djoiiiiiig, which, t any particular to the old house k, Sir, yonder!' â ^ir, lie is a most on linrsoliack or â¢ticwhu'H of this s constantly fed uuch so. indeed, iivinc'od was the . one ])articular (' made a waiter â¢d that the liird and ('X(daiiiiiiij;, till' liifil's \viii','s liMvini; nnt the I Ml unwittingly iiidni'ci] mo to ly hopping from low that li;;hted. ('.n. I'IfOW,â((.n-Hs cniisinslris the taproom, in order to ascertain if his travellinp eomimnion was still witliin. On one occasion, indeed, he jtressed ([nite anxinusly iidn tlie lodni, and ohserving him he sought not inclined immediately to move, he to(d\ a lli,uht in a circular direction for nearly l:alf a mile, returning again to his former station, ^-don after this the man ]irepar(d Ins liorse, Jack mounted upon the sign-iiost, and as soon as the lormer had ridden about a liundred yards on Ins road to Staines, hi' fluttered his daik pinidus and followed the well-remeni- burcil track of the ostler-hoy of ; The grey jiateh on the head and neck is not seen until the hird attains m;dnrity, th(> feathers heing id' the same Idack Inie as im the remainder nf thr Imdy until the lirst , when the juvenile plumage is shed and the adult garments assumed. The nest of the dackdaw is a very rude stnu'ture of sticks, lined, or rather covered, with hay, wool, feathers, and all kinds uf miscellaneous sulistances of a warm kind for the eggs and it is ]ilaceil in variiais localities, generally in lanldings or rocks, hut has iiften been found in ludlnw trees and even in (he ludes id' ridddt-waiiens^ the lasl-mentioned locality being a very lenuirkable one, as the yming birds must be in coni-^taid danger of marauding stoats and weasels. In one instance a quantity of broken
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