. The bird, its form and function . ^. Fig. 357.—(a) Egg of common Tern compared with {h) egg of Black-necked Stilt which was later perfectly confirmed ])y anatomists andembryologists. The few thousands of years during which our racehas risen to inheritance of the earth is all too shorta time, geologically speaking, for us to flatter ourselvesthat any of the protective colours of animals were de-veloped on our account; but in many instances we,sharing the same five senses of animals, ma}^ put our-selves in their position. Imagining ourselves egg-hunting

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