The Project Gutenberg eBook, Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds, Second Series, by Henry Gardiner Adams

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NESTS 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.

BY H. G. ADAMS.

Author of "Favorite Song Birds," "Beautiful Butterflies," "Humming Birds," &c., &c.

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES OF EGGS,
CONTAINING THIRTY-EIGHT DIFFERENT SPECIES.

LONDON:
GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATERNOSTER ROW.
M DCCC LVII.


INTRODUCTION.
WHAT IS AN EGG?