. 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. . :Praun n Sfene hi, VyC iTettasOK. frintira i>it ^£ <^^ Mifcfie II. XXXVIII. H^MATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. (linn.)Oyster Catcher, Shelder, Sea Pie, &c. The Oyster Catcher breeds on many parts of our shores;in Norfolk, and on the Feme islands on the Northumberlandcoast; it is more plentiful farther north, being numerous onmost of the Shetland islands
. 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. . :Praun n Sfene hi, VyC iTettasOK. frintira i>it ^£ <^^ Mifcfie II. XXXVIII. H^MATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. (linn.)Oyster Catcher, Shelder, Sea Pie, &c. The Oyster Catcher breeds on many parts of our shores;in Norfolk, and on the Feme islands on the Northumberlandcoast; it is more plentiful farther north, being numerous onmost of the Shetland islands. I have usually met with itseggs in the first week in June, the time in which it beginsto lay, and the only period in which I have before had anopportunity of seeing them. Whilst in Shetland, I foundmany quite fresh as late as July, and should therefore con-clude that it must be double-brooded. It is very particularin its selection of a situation for its eggs, always makingchoice of a piece of gravel or stoney ground, if to be metwith, especially if mixed with bits of broken shells, to whichit shows a curious partiality, carefully collecting them to-gether and arranging them in a slight hole in the ground:when these are not to be found,
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