. 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. . on. 51 oTLC ^y W 0. Hfwits an - PEREGHINUS. (linn.) Peregrine Falcon. The Peregrine Falcon is, I fear, like the rest of this no-ble tribe of birds, daily drawing nearer to its total extinctionin this country. It is now only to be met with in thoseplaces which are inaccessible to, or unvisited by, its extermi-nating enemy, the gamekeepe
. 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. . on. 51 oTLC ^y W 0. Hfwits an - PEREGHINUS. (linn.) Peregrine Falcon. The Peregrine Falcon is, I fear, like the rest of this no-ble tribe of birds, daily drawing nearer to its total extinctionin this country. It is now only to be met with in thoseplaces which are inaccessible to, or unvisited by, its extermi-nating enemy, the gamekeeper. Its resort during the breed-ing season is in those lofty and steep rocks which occur mostfrequently upon the sea coast, upon the ledges of which itmakes but a slight nest, of a few sticks or coarse grass, andlays four or five eggs, resembling those represented in theplate, differing only from the figures there given, in beingsometimes rather smaller and of a lighter colour. For the egg drawn at Fig. 1, a variety showing more ofthe light ground-colour than is often seen, I am indebted tothe Hon. Mrs. Liddell; the other was very kindly sent meby James Smith, Esq., rector of the Grammar School ofBanff, together with one very much lighter, and
Size: 1741px × 1435px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookidbritishoologybei01hewi, booksubjectbirds
