. Birds' nests, eggs and egg-collecting . een knownto commence sittins: even in November. THE COMMON WREN. /Tins little bird lays four to eight eggs of a yellowish-white tinge, spotted at the larger end with a kind ofbrownish-red. It builds several supplementary nests,which are simply made of moss and lichen ; this is at-tributed to the male bird by some naturalists; but how-ever this may be, as a rule two of these nests will be foundto one of the others lined with feathers, which is intendedfor incubation. The nest is built in old barns, on thesides of cliffs, and in the roots of trees growin
. Birds' nests, eggs and egg-collecting . een knownto commence sittins: even in November. THE COMMON WREN. /Tins little bird lays four to eight eggs of a yellowish-white tinge, spotted at the larger end with a kind ofbrownish-red. It builds several supplementary nests,which are simply made of moss and lichen ; this is at-tributed to the male bird by some naturalists; but how-ever this may be, as a rule two of these nests will be foundto one of the others lined with feathers, which is intendedfor incubation. The nest is built in old barns, on thesides of cliffs, and in the roots of trees growing from highbanks; it is dome-shaped, and has a very small entrance. ii THE JAY. /The Jay lays five or six eggs of a pale greenish-blue,sometimes yellowish-white, thickly spotted with minutebrown spots, generally confluent on the larger end, wherethere are several irregular black lines. She builds her nestin the thickest parts of woods, where it may be well out ofsight. It is composed of sticks, small twigs, small fibrousroots, and EGGS. 1. Jay. 2. Sparrow. 3. Jackdaw. 4. Grouse. 5. Kestrel. 6. Robia7. Redpoll. 8. Ringdove. 9. Wryneck. EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING. 25 >/ THE HOUSE SPARROW. ^This familiar little bird builds her nest in the walls of oldstone houses,, at the back of spouting, and amongst is particularly fond of ejecting the Martin from hercarefully-built home, and has been even known to turuout the eggs of this little harmless bird. She lays five orsix eggs, of a dirty white, covered with black or darkbrown spots. >l THE Jackdaw builds her nest in towers of churches, theruins of old castles and abbeys, rocks, hollow trees, andchalk pits. It is made of sticks, straw, and hay, with aninner lining of large feathers, hair, and wool. The eggs,numbering from three to six, are a pale green-blue, spottedwith dingy brown; the spots are confluent at the largeror thicker end. THE COMMON Grouse lays on an average about nine eggs; as many
Size: 1340px × 1864px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecad, bookpublisherlondon, booksubjectbirds
