. Bodley Head natural history. Natural history; Birds. 112 NUTHATCH construction no less than n lbs. of clay had been used. That nest, by the way, was found in an unusual situation, to wit, the side of a hay-stack. Another curious case was the adaptation of an old nest of a Magpie in the fork of an oak; the dome was mud-plastered within to make the nest accord with Nuthatch requirements. The nest in the hollow limb of a tree is made some little distance from the entry; it is a mere bed of dry leaves or scales of fir. The eggs, from five to seven in number, are white, variable in shape, spotted
. Bodley Head natural history. Natural history; Birds. 112 NUTHATCH construction no less than n lbs. of clay had been used. That nest, by the way, was found in an unusual situation, to wit, the side of a hay-stack. Another curious case was the adaptation of an old nest of a Magpie in the fork of an oak; the dome was mud-plastered within to make the nest accord with Nuthatch requirements. The nest in the hollow limb of a tree is made some little distance from the entry; it is a mere bed of dry leaves or scales of fir. The eggs, from five to seven in number, are white, variable in shape, spotted and blotched with brownish red and, it may be, flecks of lilac and grey, principally at the larger Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941. London ; New York : Lane
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