. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. 22 BIKD-LIFE OF TlIK BORDERS. for their uest, the eggs lyiug ou the hare scraps of " touch- ; The hole or slit used for ingress and exit may he three or four feet ahove the eggs, and, perhaps, not over four inches in width ; and how so large a bird gets comfortably up and down the narrow vertical tunnel is not easy to see ; but this is a problem with most hole-breeding birds. Although it is a thousand pities ever to kill one of these harmless birds, yet if any one h
. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. 22 BIKD-LIFE OF TlIK BORDERS. for their uest, the eggs lyiug ou the hare scraps of " touch- ; The hole or slit used for ingress and exit may he three or four feet ahove the eggs, and, perhaps, not over four inches in width ; and how so large a bird gets comfortably up and down the narrow vertical tunnel is not easy to see ; but this is a problem with most hole-breeding birds. Although it is a thousand pities ever to kill one of these harmless birds, yet if any one has an opportunity of handling one newly-killed he may utilize the poor victim by examin- ing the extraordinary formation of an Owl's ear. I will undertake to say it will both surprise and interest. By. TIIK DlPrKH. separating the long feathers immediately behind the facial orbit, what can only be described as a huge gap in the bird's head will be observed. So entirely disproportionate does this chasm appear, that one is inclined to wonder if the bird has met with some accident. The skin of the head is loose, and unattached to the skull for some distance round the aurital cavity; consequently the whole anterior portion of the cranium, together with the reverse, or inner side of the bird's eye, is fully exposed to view. Not many birds care to undertake the risks of domestic. 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 Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929. London : Gurney and Jackson
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