98 
NESTS AND EGGS OF 
Their length is 3.19 inches, and breadth 2.13. In the Plate, the egg is 
figured the natural size, and placed upon the summit of a small pile of 
stones at the entrance to a cavern along a rocky seashore. The birds are 
reduced and put in the background, the idea being to show their form, as 
well as the arrangement of their plumage. 
