. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 640 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. erable width. The bird is gregarious in its nesting, the rocky ledges being crowded with the rude nests, and the odor that pro- ceeds from them being absolutely intolerable to human nostrils. The eggs are rather pretty, being of an orange color, spotted and splashed with red and purple of different shades. It is rare in England, but there are many British birds that build in a similar manner, such as the Solan goose, or gannet, the
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 640 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. erable width. The bird is gregarious in its nesting, the rocky ledges being crowded with the rude nests, and the odor that pro- ceeds from them being absolutely intolerable to human nostrils. The eggs are rather pretty, being of an orange color, spotted and splashed with red and purple of different shades. It is rare in England, but there are many British birds that build in a similar manner, such as the Solan goose, or gannet, the cormorant, the guillemot, and various gulls. The nest of the Nightingale {Luscinia PMlomela) could hard- ly be classed in any of the preceding groups, and therefore takes its place among the miscellaneous The Nightingale. It is not built in the branches, nor in a hole, nor suspended from a bough, nor absolutely on the ground. It is always set very near the ground, and in most cases it is scarcely raised more. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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