. 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. . se, the numerous species which inhabit these islandsresort to them as it were by magic, and all is noise and has occurred for years upon the Fame islands, withm a few days of the same time, being the first or second weekin June. The protracted time of their breeding is, no doubt,owing to the weather, which, at an earlier season, would
. 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. . se, the numerous species which inhabit these islandsresort to them as it were by magic, and all is noise and has occurred for years upon the Fame islands, withm a few days of the same time, being the first or second weekin June. The protracted time of their breeding is, no doubt,owing to the weather, which, at an earlier season, would betoo severe for the rearing of their young, in situations somuch exposed. After they have begun to sit, they becomevery bold in the defence of their eggs : whilst amongst them,I was amused with one, near the nest of which I was sitting;it retired to a certain distance, to give it full force in its at-tack, and then made a stoop at my head, coming within twoor three yards of me, this it continued to do, incessantly, tillI left it. Mr. Darling, the keeper of the light-house on theisland, informs me, that an old woman who was in the habitof gathering their eggs, had her bonnet almost torn to pieces,it being perforated throughout by their
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