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Title: Twenty-five photographs (printed in platinotype)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Webster, G. Watmough Newstead, Robert, 1859-1947 Grosvenor Museum (Chester, Cheshire)
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: Chester: (Grosvenor Museum)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The Sheld or Burrow-Duck (Tadorna cornuta) S. G. Gmeun. MALE, FEMALE, WEST, AND EGGS. (JT^HE female of this handsome species is represented going to her nest in arabbit-burrow. The nest shown in section at the end of the sand-bank isthree feet from the entrance to the burrow, and is entirely composed of downand feathers from the breast of the female. It contains seven cream-colouredeggs, which cannot, unfortunately, be shown in the picture. The burrow is but alittle over 6 inches in diameter; the nest cavity being 16 inches in its widest part.The original habitat has been carefully reproduced in every detail, e.g., length ofburrow, nest cavity, sand-bank, and the beautiful Marram Grass (Elymus arenarius)peculiar to our sand-hills and coasts. Collected on the Warren at Talacre by kind permission, and presented bySir Pyers Mostyn. Many pairs of these birds breed annually in the above locality; alwaysselecting a rabbit-burrow to nest in.
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The Corn-Crake or Land-Rail ( Crex pratensis) Bechstein. MALE, FEMALE, NEST, BROKEN EGG, AND YOUNG. ORB frequently heard than seen, owing to its exceedingly cautious habits. the wing. They run very rapidly from place to place in a creeping position,holding the body and head very low, and in this manner thread their way throughthe grass, &c, almost entirely concealed. (See male). The female is brooding herfive young ones, covered with brownish-black down, which they retain for aconsiderable time after hatching. Collected in Cheshire, and presented by Mr. A. O. Walker, F.L-S., andMr. R. Newstead, Senr.

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