A natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds / [F.O. Morris].
- Francis Orpen Morris
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds / [F.O. Morris]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![]0 GREKNPINCH. the Spotted Flycatcher I have seen do. the same, though they had never flown before, on my going to the nest to place a young orphan Greenfinch in it, with a view to its being fed with them as a foster-brother. These eggs do not vary very materially in colour. One is a pale grey, spotted with many small light brown spots at the thicker end. A second is a pale grey, spotted with a few light brown spots all over, chiefly at the larger end. A third is similarly grounded with pale grey, with a few light brown spots all over, but not so extensively. The figure of the nest is from a remarkably beautiful specimen taken from an elm tree.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28126932_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
