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Identifier: babybirdsathomebb00kear (find matches)
Title: Baby birds at home
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Behavior Birds -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and company, ltd.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Birds at Home in the sea, and large fresh-water lochs, andmarshes on moors are chosen by this speciesfor breeding places. The nest is made of seaweed, heather,wool, and grass. Sometimes the structureis very bulky and untidy, and at others amere hollow in the ground, lined with a fewblades of dead grass. This species generally lays three eggs,although upon occasion two only may befound in a nest. They vary from yellowishbrown to light olive in ground colour, and aremarked with dark brown and slaty greyblotches. The nestlings are covered with ashy greydown, marked especially on the head withblackish brown. They leave the nest soonafter being hatched, if the situation providesroom for them to do so, and run about withgreat freedom and strength. Their parentsare very wary and watchful, and if theyobserve a boat approaching they at oncesound a hoarse alarm-note, and the youngbirds either hide in the vegetation or squeezetheir bodies into some fissure in the rockand remain absolutely still.
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Jam ARCTIC TERNS. The Arctic Tern THIS is one of the five Terns or SeaSwallows that resort to the BritishIslands in summer to breed. It is perhapsthe most numerous of them all; next comesthe Common Tern, then the Sandwich,followed by the Lesser, and the last andrarest is the Roseate. These birds are characterised by theirlong pointed wings and forked tails, whichgive them a rough resemblance to the barnswallow. The Arctic Tern is easily distinguishedfrom all its relatives excepting the CommonTern, and as they frequently breed together,and are of about the same size and generalappearance, you will need to exercise care inproperly identifying them. In each case theyare black on the crown of the head and napeof the neck, and pearly grey on the back; butthere is this well-marked distinction betweenthem. The bird under notice has its entire 91 92 Baby Birds at Home bill coloured pinky red, whereas that of theCommon Tern is pinky red tipped withblack. The Arctic Tern arrives during April or

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