. 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. . ng its sweet, melancliolywhistle. It lays its eggs either amongst the large dockens(Tussilago) that grow upon their banks, or upon the gravelbeds by their margin : in the former situation, where there isapparently less need, it makes a slight nest, by collecting alittle dry grass, and placing it in a hole scratched for thatpurpose; in the latter,
. 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. . ng its sweet, melancliolywhistle. It lays its eggs either amongst the large dockens(Tussilago) that grow upon their banks, or upon the gravelbeds by their margin : in the former situation, where there isapparently less need, it makes a slight nest, by collecting alittle dry grass, and placing it in a hole scratched for thatpurpose; in the latter, none, contenting itself with a holeonly; but here it is a very difficult matter to discover theeggs, placed as they are amongst the small pebbles, with whichtheir colouring and markings are so much in accordance ; andhere instinct teaches it, that a collection of grass where nonegrows, would only add to their being the more readily de-tected. I have found its eggs upon the bare rock, where nosuch hole could be made for their reception. They vary, ingeneral, but slightly. The first figure shows the usual shapeand markings ; the latter, the most distant variety I haveseen. There are intermediate ones, but the spots are gene-rally minute. c_sxxx. *S6«^«V^^
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