. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 343. — Egg of .Mune. are of course especially exposed to danger from the windor from some sudden movement of the birds, which gener-ally nest very close together. Were it not that the eggs,on account of their peculiar shape, describe an arc ofvery small diameter when they roll, doubtless a far greaternumber would roll off and be dashed down uj)on therocks below. Among the plovers, sandpipers, and phal-aropes we again find a peculiarh^ pronounced pyriform 43 The Bird shape of egg, serving in these instances a very apparentand useful end. These birds ahno
. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 343. — Egg of .Mune. are of course especially exposed to danger from the windor from some sudden movement of the birds, which gener-ally nest very close together. Were it not that the eggs,on account of their peculiar shape, describe an arc ofvery small diameter when they roll, doubtless a far greaternumber would roll off and be dashed down uj)on therocks below. Among the plovers, sandpipers, and phal-aropes we again find a peculiarh^ pronounced pyriform 43 The Bird shape of egg, serving in these instances a very apparentand useful end. These birds ahnost invariably lay foureggs, which are of large size in comparison with the birds,and their shape allows them to be fitted closely together,each forming one of the four segments, their points allbut meeting in the centre. Thus the little body of the. ^S^f^Fe-r, 7^^;1Pr7JS^^55JJ^T5<
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