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
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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.
INTRODUCTION. WHAT IS AN EGG?
OVOLOGY.
HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS FOR THE CABINET.
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.
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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