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Title: Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864 Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds Rutter, Daniel, former owner. DSI Rolle, Mark, former owner. DSI S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds Taxidermists Birds
Publisher: London : G.W. Nickisson
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ipally ofbeetles and frogs, which has been proved by their disgorgedpellets ; while in the winter they principally eject feathersand mouse-hair. When they carry a mouse or bird of anysize a certain distance, they exchange their load from thebeak to the claws and back again, for the purpose of restingthese members alternately, until they have reached theirfavourite bush. The places most frequented by the Ash-coloured Shrikefor the purpose of breeding are woods near pasture land. Thenest is either placed in a tree of some height or in a branchof a wild fruit-tree, or in a tall maythorn bush, and appearsvery skilfully put together. The materials chosen are hay,stalks, twigs, heath, ground and tree-moss, and the whole islined with wool and hair. The five, six, or seven eggs arehatched in about fifteen days. The young birds have the first feathering greenish on the back. The egg No. 42 belongs to the Ash-coloured Shrike. The outlined head (fig. 42) is of this species, of the natu-ral size.
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RED-BACKED SHRIKE. • 219 LVSESSOBES. DENTIROSTRES. LANIADM. PLATE XLIII. RED-BACKED SHRIKE. Laniits collurio. The most prominent characters of the Red-backed Shrike,which it shares in common with its family, have been alreadydescribed under the foregoing article, namely, its rapacity,and its cruel mode of feeding on wounded or half-killed prey. Thus far we speak of its well known faults. It is also justto mention, as redeeming good qualities, the affection thatexists between the male and female of this species, and theirgreat attachment to their young. Of the former we had anopportunity of witnessing an instance, which we think on thisaccount deserves noticing. In the month of June 1837, amale Red-backed Shrike was caught in a garden by a cat;the gardener, who saw the circumstance, succeeded in rescuingit from the animal the very moment it happened, in time tosave its life. It was put into a cage and placed in a sit-ting-room in the house close by. There were several personsin the r

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