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Baby birds at home (1912)

Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, ltd. · leaf 240

An illustration from Baby birds at home, 1912, leaf 240 — il, whilst it was climbing a grassstem a loot or two away. The nest is made in the shelter of a tuftof grass, and is composed of rootlets andmoss with an inner lining of fine dead grassand hair. From four to six eggs are laid of veryvariable coloration. Some are greyishwhite tinged with purple and… … GOLDEN PLOVER. The Golden Plover THIS is perhaps the most beautifulmember of all the Plover family, andhas no doubt received its common name fromthe golden buff or yellowish markings on theplumage of its upper parts. The Golden Plover is a frequenter,during the summer months, of desolatewastes and…

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