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I have also found their nests with young in June , but most likely these were birds
that have had their spring hatching destroyed . The nest of this bird is easily
discovered , and most people who have lived in the neighbourhood of hanging ...
I have also found their nests with young in June , but most likely these were birds
that have had their spring hatching destroyed . The nest of this bird is easily
discovered , and most people who have lived in the neighbourhood of hanging ...
Side 98
They are always in summer met with in pairs , perching upon old trees , and
building their nests in the decayed hollows . ... It was only about ten feet from the
ground ; and I might have shot the female time flying off - the other nest was near
the ...
They are always in summer met with in pairs , perching upon old trees , and
building their nests in the decayed hollows . ... It was only about ten feet from the
ground ; and I might have shot the female time flying off - the other nest was near
the ...
Side 158
There is often only one egg in the nest , but when there are two , one is generally
addled . It is a curious fact that , in the year 1847 , when there was a dreadful
hurricane about the end of April , no eggs were laid in either the sea or golden ...
There is often only one egg in the nest , but when there are two , one is generally
addled . It is a curious fact that , in the year 1847 , when there was a dreadful
hurricane about the end of April , no eggs were laid in either the sea or golden ...
Side 173
Nests are constantly found with one of both kinds ; and I have noticed that the
male is generally hooded , and the ... and black carrion crows alike ; habits the
same ; they are also found always in company when the young leave the nest .
Nests are constantly found with one of both kinds ; and I have noticed that the
male is generally hooded , and the ... and black carrion crows alike ; habits the
same ; they are also found always in company when the young leave the nest .
Side 177
The bird laid four eggs , and then without any known cause forsook the nest .
Very soon afterwards a flycatcher came , and having spread a ittle covering over
the redstart's eggs laid one of her own . Upon this one egg she began
immediately ...
The bird laid four eggs , and then without any known cause forsook the nest .
Very soon afterwards a flycatcher came , and having spread a ittle covering over
the redstart's eggs laid one of her own . Upon this one egg she began
immediately ...
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Side 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
Side i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,