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Nests

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Influence of quantity of litter on nest box selection and nesting behaviour of domestic hens, 1993

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/4/187
Scope and Contents

Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.

Dates: 1993

Note about the bird 'Clacharan-coille', June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/26
Scope and Contents

Note probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay about the bird 'Clacharan-coille' [stone-chat] that it is 'dark + moves close to the ground' and also describes eggs and nests.

Dates: June 1887

Note about the birds 'Clacharan' [stonechat] and 'Gurragag' [crow] and accompanying verse beginning 'Fhuair mi nead a Ghurrag thu', c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/11
Scope and Contents

Note about the birds 'Clacharan' [stonechat] that it is unlucky to see it when it first appears, that the 'Gurragag' is a 'Hoodie [crow]' and an accompanying verse beginning 'Fhuair mi nead a Ghurrag thu, Ann an cuil na moine'.

Dates: c1893

Note about the birds 'croman fion', 'croman rua', 'corrghrieach' and 'crotach' [possibly snipes, heron and plover], June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/35
Scope and Contents

Note about the birds 'croman fion', 'croman rua', 'corrghrieach' and 'crotach' [possibly red kite, hen harrier, heron and curlew] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, regarding the best time to spot them.

Dates: June 1887

Note about the nesting habits of the bird 'Feadag-mhoint[each]' [lapwing]

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/32
Scope and Contents

Note about the nesting habits of the bird 'Feadag-mhoint[each]' [lapwing] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Feadag-mhoint[each] nest[s] in coin[neach] bhan [white heather] + puts coin[neach] bhan over eggs'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1887

Visual recognition of key nest site stimuli by laying hens in cages, 1995

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Identifier: Coll-1362/4/814
Scope and Contents

Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1995. Part 1.

Dates: 1995