. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER XIII. 103. the law !" This continues till the Heron alights or is driven-* - far inland, or till the Gulls get tired of the sport.^ I am very sorry to hear of the fate of the Cormorant's egg. I put it into too frail a box, and the stamping in the post office must have broken it. I have forwarded another by a private hand, but it is not such a fine specimen, as it has been a little scraped. The natural colour of the Cormorant's egg seems to be a sea-green, but they have a rough coating of a dirty white substance. This was very remarkable upon t
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER XIII. 103. the law !" This continues till the Heron alights or is driven-* - far inland, or till the Gulls get tired of the sport.^ I am very sorry to hear of the fate of the Cormorant's egg. I put it into too frail a box, and the stamping in the post office must have broken it. I have forwarded another by a private hand, but it is not such a fine specimen, as it has been a little scraped. The natural colour of the Cormorant's egg seems to be a sea-green, but they have a rough coating of a dirty white substance. This was very remarkable upon the egg I sent you first. I shot the hen and then took the egg, which was the only one in the nest. Upon dissecting the bird, I found another egg just ready for laying of a beautiful pure green colour, with no white stains on it. â Edward, the Aberdeenshire naturalist, gives an animated description of a successful attack by a Carrion Crow and two Hoodies upon a Heron, for the pur- pose of making him disgorge the food he was taking to his family (Life of a Scotch Naturalist, Chap. XIII. p. 272). Perhaps the SuUs also attack him with the object of plunder. What with the fear of highway robbers by land and pirates by sea, it must be a difficult matter for the poor Heron to know which way to take.âH. D. G,. 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 Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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