. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. irch, the rector found I iiewMjiapc'rH, &o., so â fd, ho really thought V uiagpio nuver seems ig-phice, nor did this Jo, iw it hnd ]iecked a } dispoHO its ill-gotten nybody approiiched it. tho chapel of Wadhuni mgh until the service le centre, bowing iind li to the t,âSo magpies, says . ; gh tree, and ciuiouely imall hole just large liberal use of a pocket jbtain the eggs. The ), respecting which a knowing how to build lie to teach them. He ' ho said, ' you must 1, and begin by laying I did,' sai
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. irch, the rector found I iiewMjiapc'rH, &o., so â fd, ho really thought V uiagpio nuver seems ig-phice, nor did this Jo, iw it hnd ]iecked a } dispoHO its ill-gotten nybody approiiched it. tho chapel of Wadhuni mgh until the service le centre, bowing iind li to the t,âSo magpies, says . ; gh tree, and ciuiouely imall hole just large liberal use of a pocket jbtain the eggs. The ), respecting which a knowing how to build lie to teach them. He ' ho said, ' you must 1, and begin by laying I did,' said the rook, tnd then i)ut in some 0 sticks.'â' The very , ' Now, for fear the you must raise tho i^ou sit in tho bottom il.' ' Why,' liiiid the niSTOllV. 878 thrush, ' I di<l as far as that before T came here' ' Oh ! then, replied tho miiLrpie, 'as I see that you all know how tn make nests, there is no occasion for me to teach you.' And tiiat is the reason why tiic other birds arc only able to build i»alf ; The interior of tho nest is defended by a coating of mud. worked smooth. The eggs are live in mnnber, of a greenish white, covered with V)rown markings. The length of the bird is about eighteen inches. # Convfs.â(Lat. a C'rou:). Corax (Gr. Kdpa^, a Raven), the Eave7i. The Raven is very common on the continent, and most parts of Asia and America, but is now seldom seen in this country except in a domesticated state. It is more frequently found in the Hebrides than in any other part of Great Britain. In those islands it lives principally on carrion of various T. 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. London : G. Routledge
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