Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds, Second Series

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Author

Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1812?-1881

Title

Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds, Second Series Described and Illustrated; with an Account of the Haunts and Habits of the Feathered Architects, and their Times and Modes of Building

Credits

E-text prepared by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Birds -- Eggs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41550

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41550

Release Date

December 4, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NESTS AND EGGS OF FAMILIAR BRITISH BIRDS, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HAUNTS AND HABITS OF THE FEATHERED ARCHITECTS, AND THEIR TIMES AND MODES OF BUILDING; SECOND SERIES.
2. 2.INTRODUCTION. WHAT IS AN EGG? — OVOLOGY. — HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS FOR THE CABINET.
3. 3.FACTS AND ANECDOTES OF NESTS AND EGGS. EASTER EGGS. — EGGS USED AS COIN. — ILLUMINATED NESTS. — AN EGG WITHIN AN EGG. — A BOY REPROVED BY A BIRD.
4. 4.NESTS AND EGGS OF FAMILIAR BRITISH BIRDS. SECOND SERIES. — CROSSBILL. EUROPEAN OR COMMON CROSSBILL. SHELL OR SHIELD-APPLE. FIGURE 1. — STARLING. COMMON STARLING, OR STARE. FIGURE 2. — CHOUGH. CORNISH CHOUGH. RED-LEGGED, MARKET-JEW, OR HERMIT-CROW. RED-LEGGED JACKDAW. GESNER'S WOOD-CROW. CORNISH, CHAUK, OR CLIFF-DAW. CORNWALL KAE, OR KILLEGREW. FIGURE 3. — RAVEN. CORBIE. CORBIE CROW. GREAT CORBIE CROW. FIGURE 4. — CARRION CROW. GOR. GORE, OR FLESH CROW. BLACK NEB. HOODY BRAN. FIGURE 5. — HOODED CROW. ROYSTON. GREY, GREY-BACKED, DUN, BUNTING, HEEDY, OR SCARE-CROW. HOODY. FIGURE 6. — ROOK. BARE-FACED CROW. YDFRUN, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. FIGURE 7. — JACKDAW. DAW. KAE. FIGURE 8. — MAGPIE. PIET. PIANET. MAG. MADGE. FIGURE 9. — JAY. JAY PIE. JAY PIET. FIGURE 10. — GREEN WOODPECKER. LARGE GREEN WOODPECKER. NICK-A-PECKER. ECLE. HIGH-HOE. HEW-HOLE. AWL, OR RAIN-BIRD, OR FOWL. POPINJAY. WHITTLE. YAFFLE. YAFFER. YAPPINGALL. WOODSPITE. WOODWALL, OR WELE. FIGURE 11. — WRYNECK. CUCKOO'S MATE, MAID, OR MESSENGER. RINDING, SNAKE, TURKEY, BARLEY, OR TONGUE BIRD. EMMET-HUNTER. LONG-TONGUE. FIGURE 12. — NUTHATCH. NUT-JOBBER. WOODCRACKER. FIGURE 13. — CUCKOO. COMMON, OR GREY CUCKOO. GOWK, OR GECK. COG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. FIGURE 14. — KINGFISHER. COMMON KING, OR KINGFISHER. GLAS Y DORIAN OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. FIGURE 15. — SWALLOW. RED-FRONTED, COMMON, OR CHIMNEY SWALLOW. FIGURE 16. — MARTIN. WHITE-RUMPED, WINDOW, HOUSE, OR MARTIN SWALLOW. MARTINET. HOUSE OR WINDOW MARTIN. MARTLETT. FIGURE 17. — SWIFT. COMMON, OR BLACK SWIFT. BLACK, OR SCREECH MARTIN. SWIFT-SWALLOW. DEVELING. SCREECH. SCREAMER. SQUEALER. CRAN. MARTIN DU, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. FIGURE 18. — NIGHTJAR. GOATSUCKER. EUROPEAN OR NOCTURNAL GOATSUCKER. DOR, OR NIGHT-HAWK. FERN, CHURN, OR JAR-OWL. NIGHT-JAR, OR NIGHT-CHAR. WHEELBIRD. PUCKERIDGE. RHODWR AND ADERYN V DROELL, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. FIGURE 19. — RING DOVE. RINGED DOVE, OR CUSHAT. QUEEST, OR CUSHIE. WOOD PIGEON. FIGURE 20. — STOCK DOVE. BLUE-BACKED OR WOOD DOVE. FIGURE 21. — ROCK DOVE. WHITE-BACKED DOVE. WILD, OR ROCK PIGEON. FIGURE 22. — TURTLE DOVE. RING-NECKED TURTLE. FIGURE 23. — PHEASANT. COMMON OR RING-NECKED PHEASANT. FIGURE 24. — BLACK GROUSE. BLACK GAME. BLACK COCK. FEMALE—GREY OR BROWN HEN. FIGURE 25. — RED GROUSE. GOR, OR MOOR-COCK. MOOR, OR MUIR-FOWL. RED-GAME. RED, OR BROWN PTARMIGAN. FIGURES 26 & 27. — PTARMIGAN. WHITE GAME, OR GROUSE. IN GAELIC, PTARMICHAN. FIGURE 28. — PARTRIDGE. COMMON OR GREY PARTRIDGE. FIGURE 29. — QUAIL. COMMON OR WANDERING QUAIL. FIGURE 30. — BUSTARD. COMMON OR BEARDED BUSTARD. FIGURE 31. — GOLDEN PLOVER. WHISTLING, YELLOW, GREEN, GREY, OR BLACK-BREASTED PLOVER. FIGURE 32. — DOTTEREL. DOTTREL. DOTTEREL PLOVER. FIGURE 33. — RINGED PLOVER. RING, OR STONE PLOVER. RINGED DOTTEREL. SAND LARK, OR LAVROCK. DULL-WILLY. SANDY-LOO. FIGURE 34. — LAPWING. COMMON, CRESTED, OR, GREEN LAPWING. GREEN PLOVER. LAPWING SANDPIPER. PEWIT. TEWIT. TEACHET. PEESE-WEEP. FRENCH PIGEON. FIGURE 35. — TURNSTONE. COMMON, OR COLLARED TURNSTONE. HEBRIDAL SANDPIPER. FIGURE 36.

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