. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . cter. I fear abreeding pair of birds are never again likely toescape the lynx-eyed gunner in this country. JACKDAW. Also Daw. Description of Parent Birds. — Length aboutfourteen inches. Beak of medium length, strong,nearly straight, and black. Irides black with a purple sheen ; nape and backof neck leaden-grey. Back, wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail black, glossed with blue, violet,and green. All the under-parts are duskj^ , toes, and claws black. The female is a trifle smaller than the ma
. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . cter. I fear abreeding pair of birds are never again likely toescape the lynx-eyed gunner in this country. JACKDAW. Also Daw. Description of Parent Birds. — Length aboutfourteen inches. Beak of medium length, strong,nearly straight, and black. Irides black with a purple sheen ; nape and backof neck leaden-grey. Back, wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail black, glossed with blue, violet,and green. All the under-parts are duskj^ , toes, and claws black. The female is a trifle smaller than the male,and the grey on the back of her neck is lesspronounced. Situatioji and Locality.—Holes in cliffs, churchsteeples, towers, old ruins, barns, and hollow trees,pretty generally throughout the British Isles. Ourillustration is of a nest in the ventilation hole ofa stone barn. It was slightly drawn forward, andlight reflected upon it with a looking-glass, inorder to take the photograph. The largest colonyI have ever met with is near Armathwaite Castle,in JACKDAW. 138 BRITISH BIEDS NESTS. Materials.—Sticks, straw, moss, feathers, wool,clown, and all sorts of odds and ends the hird canpick np near at hand. In some situations no sticksor twigs are used, and I have examined nests madeentirely of rushes from beginning to end. Eggs.—Three to six, usually five. Pale greenish-blue or bluish-white, spotted, speckled, and blotchedwith dark olive-brown and ash-grey. The markingsvary in their distribution, being sometimes evenlydistributed and at others collected round the largerend. The ground colour and markings are alsosubject to considerable variation. Size about 1*45by 1-0 in. Time.—Ma} and June. Beniarks.—Resident. Notes, lae, or caw, andjack. Local and other names: Daw, Kae, , and a close sitter. JAY. DescHjjfioii of Parent Birds.—Length aboutfourteen inches. Beak rather short, nearly straight,strong, and dusky. Irides white, slightly tingedwi
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