. Twenty-five photographs (printed in platinotype) . The Skylark (Alauda arvensis) LiNN^us. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, AND EGGS. WHETHER from its familiar associations with man or not, this group hasbeen very much admired; it certainly makes a pretty picture. The female, crouching in the grass, is watching her companion ascendingin the air. The remainder speaks for itself. It is the first group that was mounted by the Curator. Collected in Cheshire, and presented by Mr. A. O. Walker, ,. The Swift ( Cypselus apus) LlNN^uS. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, EGGS, AND YOUNG. 1 * ASILY recognised from any of the
. Twenty-five photographs (printed in platinotype) . The Skylark (Alauda arvensis) LiNN^us. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, AND EGGS. WHETHER from its familiar associations with man or not, this group hasbeen very much admired; it certainly makes a pretty picture. The female, crouching in the grass, is watching her companion ascendingin the air. The remainder speaks for itself. It is the first group that was mounted by the Curator. Collected in Cheshire, and presented by Mr. A. O. Walker, ,. The Swift ( Cypselus apus) LlNN^uS. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, EGGS, AND YOUNG. 1 * ASILY recognised from any of the Swallow tribe by its long sickle-sbaped±—- wings and its uniform bronzy bkckisli-brown colour. Formerly thesebirds were classed with the Swallows ; their nearest allies now are the Humming-birds. There are two females, a male, nest and two young, and a nest and egg-The nests are in situ on the actual rafters on which they were built; the- slatesare cut away that the former may be seen. The section of wall, &c, is areproduction in coloured plaster. The nest containing the egg is a typical one,composed of a very thin shell of grass stems and a few feathers, firmly cementedtogether by the secretions of the bird. The other nest is that of a House-Sparrow (which the Swifts had usurped)and which, when found, contained two addled eggs of the Sparrow carefullyhidden an inch or more beneath the young Swifts.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1895
