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Identifier: birdsofbritishis00cowa (find matches)
Title: The birds of the British Isles and their eggs
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Coward, T. A. (Thomas Alfred), 1867-1933
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Eggs Great Britain
Publisher: London New York : F. Warne
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ndroots, is built upon a ledge on some rocky outcrop or precipitouscliff-face, and withstands most winter storms. The cup islined with soft substances—wool, rabbit fur, grass or bracken.Formerly, when the bird was less persecuted, inland and low-land haunts were inhabited, and the nest was usually built insome tall and ancient tree ; Raven trees exist in many placeswhence the bird has vanished. Bosworth-Smith, who as a boyin 1855 climbed one of these trees in Dorset, found as part ofthe lining a large portion of a womans dress. The eggs,which are laid in February or March, are from three to seven innumber, and are bluish-green, blotched or streaked with brownand black (Plate 12). The Ravens nuptial display is little known, although onetrick, that of rolling in flight, is familiar. Macgillivray andSaunders refer to its somersaults, and when descending from aheight it will shoot like a Rook with half-closed wings, turn-ing and twisting with great rapidity. The roll is a corkscrew ^ c^
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