. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. WADERS. 291 feet. Its nest is a loose heap of straws on the ground, and con- tains two pale brown eggs, spotted with brown, rather larger than those of the turkey. The Plovers are known by their long legs, short toes, and long, powerful wings. The Stone Curlew, or Norfolk Plover, is common in England., and is to be found on open plains. White gives an accurate description of the bird in his Natural History of Selborne.
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. WADERS. 291 feet. Its nest is a loose heap of straws on the ground, and con- tains two pale brown eggs, spotted with brown, rather larger than those of the turkey. The Plovers are known by their long legs, short toes, and long, powerful wings. The Stone Curlew, or Norfolk Plover, is common in England., and is to be found on open plains. White gives an accurate description of the bird in his Natural History of Selborne. "The history of the Stone Curlew is as follows. It lays its eggs, usually two, never more •^han three, on the bare ground, without any nest in the field, so that the country- man in stirring his fallows often destroys them. The young run immediately from the egg, like partridges, etc., and are with- drawn to some flinty field by the dam, where " •' ' Long-legged Plover. they skulk among the stones, which are their best security; for their feathers are so exactly of. the color of our grey spotted flints, that the most exact observer, unless he catches the eye of the young bird, may be eluded. The eggs are short and round, of a dirty white, spotted with dark bloody ; The Crane is a large bird, about five feet in length. The bill is more than four inches long. The feathers are ash-colored, the forehead is black, and on the upper part of the neck there is a space of about two inches, ash-colored and bare. At the tip of each wing there is a beautiful tuft of loose feathers, which the animal can erect at pleasure. The legs are long and stout, with a large naked space above the knee, and their toes are long. There is a peculiarity about their windpipe. It runs considerably down their breast, then returns at the same passage, and descends to the lungs. Cranes inhabit Europe and Asia; and in autumn they regu- larly migrate in flocks to the southern parts of
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