Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds, Second Series

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1. 1NESTS AND EGGS OF FAMILIAR BRITISH BIRDS, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HAUNTS AND HABITS OF THE FEATHERED ARCHITECTS, AND THEIR TIMES AND MODES OF BUILDING; SECOND SERIES.
2. 2INTRODUCTION. WHAT IS AN EGG?
3. 3OVOLOGY.
4. 4HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS FOR THE CABINET.
5. 5FACTS AND ANECDOTES OF NESTS AND EGGS. EASTER EGGS.
6. 6EGGS USED AS COIN.
7. 7ILLUMINATED NESTS.
8. 8AN EGG WITHIN AN EGG.
9. 9A BOY REPROVED BY A BIRD.
10. 10NESTS AND EGGS OF FAMILIAR BRITISH BIRDS. SECOND SERIES.
11. 11CROSSBILL. EUROPEAN OR COMMON CROSSBILL. SHELL OR SHIELD-APPLE. FIGURE 1.
12. 12STARLING. COMMON STARLING, OR STARE. FIGURE 2.
13. 13CHOUGH. CORNISH CHOUGH. RED-LEGGED, MARKET-JEW, OR HERMIT-CROW. RED-LEGGED JACKDAW. GESNER'S WOOD-CROW. CORNISH, CHAUK, OR CLIFF-DAW. CORNWALL KAE, OR KILLEGREW. FIGURE 3.
14. 14RAVEN. CORBIE. CORBIE CROW. GREAT CORBIE CROW. FIGURE 4.
15. 15CARRION CROW. GOR. GORE, OR FLESH CROW. BLACK NEB. HOODY BRAN. FIGURE 5.
16. 16HOODED CROW. ROYSTON. GREY, GREY-BACKED, DUN, BUNTING, HEEDY, OR SCARE-CROW. HOODY. FIGURE 6.
17. 17ROOK. BARE-FACED CROW. YDFRUN, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. FIGURE 7.
18. 18JACKDAW. DAW. KAE. FIGURE 8.

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