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Identifier: birdsofbritain00bonh (find matches)
Title: Birds of Britain
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Bonhote, J. Lewis (John Lewis), 1875-1922 Dresser, Henry Eeles, 1838-1915
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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g 10*7 in. This species is now only to be found in the wilder andmore remote parts of the west of Scotland, Ireland, andWales. A few solitary pairs may still be found in someparts of England, but they are rapidly disappearing. THE NUTCRACKER Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnseus) A few stragglers of this species have occasionally visitedour east and south-east coasts in autumn, and at least twoexamples have been recorded from Scotland, but it has notso far visited Ireland. Fir forests in Scandinavia andCentral Europe form the home of this bird, where it isresident and breeds early in the year while the snow is stillon the ground. In appearance it is quite unlike any of ourother species of Crow, being pale umber brown profuselyspotted, except on the crown, with triangular white markings.Length 12 in.; wing 75 in. THE JAY Qarrulus glandarius (Linnaeus) Considering the ruthless war waged on this unfortunatespecies by every gamekeeper throughout the country, it is 156 JAYCjarrultts piandarins
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The Jay little short of marvellous that we can still hear his liarshscream in most of our woods. He is very wary and cautious, and spends most of histime, except when actually feeding, on the tops of the trees,flying off with many protestations to another part of thewood on the least sign of danger. His great supposed sinis the destruction of the Pheasants eggs, though we doubtwhether his depredations are sufficiently great to warranthis wholesale slaughter. The fox has been saved fromextermination in the interests of hunting, and it is nowconceded that, after all, his presence does not so greatlyafiPect the interests of those whose sport lies with the gunrather than with the horse, and if only keepers could betaught to leave the Jay alone the loss of a few head ofgame, that would hardly be missed, would surely be morethan compensated for by the sight of this beautiful speciesas he dodges through the wood in front of the beaters. Kobetter watch-dog could be found, and many a trespasse

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