. The Oist . s : Whilecollecting, Mr. Warricks brother found,in a dilapidated sheep-shed, on a beamnear the roof, a supposed Robins nest, up-on which the bird was sitting. When shehad flown oflf, the nest was perceived to con-tain three eggs, two of which our corres-pondent had no hesitation whatever in pro-nouncing respectively that of a Robin anda Crow Blackbird, the former being of a clear green, the latter bluish-green, withthe usual markings characteristic of theeggs of Q. purpureus. The tliird egg isunmistakably of the size and shape of aRobins e^]Xi and is covered over its wholesurface
. The Oist . s : Whilecollecting, Mr. Warricks brother found,in a dilapidated sheep-shed, on a beamnear the roof, a supposed Robins nest, up-on which the bird was sitting. When shehad flown oflf, the nest was perceived to con-tain three eggs, two of which our corres-pondent had no hesitation whatever in pro-nouncing respectively that of a Robin anda Crow Blackbird, the former being of a clear green, the latter bluish-green, withthe usual markings characteristic of theeggs of Q. purpureus. The tliird egg isunmistakably of the size and shape of aRobins e^]Xi and is covered over its wholesurface with an indefinable brown color,completely dissembling the ground color, ifindeed there is any ;* this coloring is irreg-ular, and has a mottled appearance, resem-bling somewhat, the coloring of a RustyBlackbirds egg, though not so entire surface is equally covered. Wehave endeavored to show the dispositionand intensity of color, together with theexact size and shape of the egg, in , At our suggestion, Mr. Warrick revisit-ed the nest and gleaned from the surround-ing circumstances much that bears directlyupon the belief advanced. The shed whichcontained the nest alluded to, was occupiedby two nests of the Crow Blackbird, and aflock of the same species were foimd aboutthe place. The following is, in substance,an account of the circumstances transmittedby our correspondent. In relation to thefinding of the nest by his brother, he says : *In looking through the eg^g by holding itI to the light, tile substance of the sliell seems! to be green, but this is true of the Hawks,i Eagles, some of the Terns, Gulls, and other species of eggs, whose outer surface is whiteor liglit colored. 18 THE OOLOGIST He had also oinitted telling me that thereAvas another Robins nest a little below andabout eight feet distant from this one, con-taining four Robins eggs when he was thereand three young and one egg when I visit-ed it. The Crow Blackbirds nests wereueither of t
Size: 2244px × 1113px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1875
