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Identifier: birdsofbritishis00cowa (find matches)
Title: The birds of the British Isles and their eggs
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Coward, T. A. (Thomas Alfred), 1867-1933
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Eggs Great Britain
Publisher: London New York : F. Warne
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ey sit they gape, as ifblase; probably they are striving to eject the pellets of undiges-ted food. The note, seldom heard except near the nest, is adeep harsh croak. On rocks the Cormorant stands fairly erectwith straight tarsus, but it walks awkwardly, swaying its neckfrom side to side. In courtship both will raise and dip theirnecks, a common nuptial action of water birds, %. The nests are usually on ledges of a steep crag facing the sea,often many together. In Ireland and Wales there are a fewinland colonies on isolated rocks, and in Ireland some nests arebuilt in trees. Turner in 1544 told how the East Anglian Cor-morants built in trees, but from 1825 until 1914 this habit wasdiscontinued; this 1914 nest is shown on Plate 151. Inlandnests are built of sticks and often lined with fresh green herbage,but on the coast seaweed is freely used, and the nests are oftenof great size. Nesting material is added after the eggs arehatched. Three or four eggs are laid late in April or in May ;
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