Image: Handbook and guide to the British birds on exhibition in the Lord Derby Natural History Museum, Liverpool (1914) (14564130560)

Description: Identifier: handbookguidetob00live (find matches) Title: Handbook and guide to the British birds on exhibition in the Lord Derby Natural History Museum, Liverpool Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Liverpool Museum (Liverpool, England) Subjects: Liverpool Museum (Liverpool, England) Birds Publisher: Liverpool, C. Tinling Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: I The Kingfisher Groitp.Case 157. Text Appearing After Image: ^»:L-iJi 19Case 156. DIPPER (Cinclus aquaticus).Local names : Bessy Ducker or Dowker, Water Ouzel. A resident species found throughout the British Islands, whereverthere are hills and rapid streams. It not only swims and dives withequal facility but may be seen walking along the bottom, searching forthe water insects on which it feeds. The nest, always placed close tothe waters edge, is made of moss and leaves, and is oval in form withan entrance at the side. Four to six white eggs (see British Bird EggCabinet, dravwer 2) are laid early in the year, and sometimes threebroods are reared in the season. PIED WAGTAIL (Motacilla lugubris).Local name : Water Wagtail. This is a common and generally distributed species throughoutthe British Islands, especially in the breeding season, but a partialmigration takes place in autumn and winter. Flies and aquatic insectsform its principal food. The nest, made of moss, dried grass andfibrous roots, lined with hair and feathers, is usually placed in Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Handbook and guide to the British birds on exhibition in the Lord Derby Natural History Museum, Liverpool (1914) (14564130560)
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