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Identifier: britishbirdsnest00kear (find matches)
Title: British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Nests
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and company, limited
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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^ clearly in the picture : it is two and five-eighth inches from the bottom, and one and three-quarter inches from the right-hand side of thepicture. The bird sometimes nests in tall trees,and is to be found in the wild unfrequented partsof England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Materials.—Sticks of various sizes (I have seenthem made entirely of juniper), wool, and hair. Eggs.—Five to seven; greyish-green, bluish-green, or greenish-brown, blotched, splashed, andspotted with dark greenish or smoky brown, andunderljdng markings of a lighter greyish-purpletinge. Variable both in regard to coloration andsize, but generally distinguishable from those ofthe Carrion Crow and Eook by their larger size.Average measurement about 1-95 by 13 in. Time.—February, March, and April. Hemarlxs.—Resident. Note, a deep hoarse cronl-,that may be heard at great distances. Local andother names: Corbie, Corbie Crow, Great CorbieCrow. Sits lightly.
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RAVEN. 224 BltrnsH BTLDS XEbTS. RAZORBILL DescrijjtloiL of Parent Birds.—Length aboutseventeen or eighteen inches. Bill fairly long,straight, except towards the tip, Avliere it ismuch decurved, and black. A white, curved lineruns across both mandibles, and a well definedone from the top of the bill to the eyes. Thebasal half of the beak is covered with feathers.Irides dark brown. Crown, nape, back, wings, andtail black, with the exception of a narrow band ofwhite across the wings; chin and throat darkbrown; breast and all under-parts snowy white.Legs, toes, and webs brownish-black ; claws black. Female similar. Situation and Locality.—In crevices, crannies,under crags, and on ledges of high maritimeclifis; pretty generally round our coasts Oneobserver says that he has found its nest in aPuffin burrow, and another in a Cormorants nestat the Fame Islands. The latter is a somewhatremarkable circumstance, inasmuch as the Cormor-ants occupy a rock exclusively there. Our illus-tration i

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