egg-cavity

The egg-cavity was 3½ inches broad by nearly 2½ inches deep.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

Another nest, a very regular shallow cup, with an egg-cavity 2 inches in diameter and an inch in depth, is composed almost entirely of the soft silky down of the _Calatropis gigantea_, rather thickly lined with very fine hair-like grass, and very thinly-coated exteriorly with a little of this same grass, moss, and thread.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

It is composed externally of moss and small roots and the down from the thistle; the egg-cavity is invariably sparingly lined with hair.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

Exteriorly it is composed of roots, dead leaves, and decaying vegetation of all kinds; the egg-cavity, which is saucer-shaped and comparatively shallow, is coarsely lined with roots.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The egg-cavity is circular and shallow, not at all neatly lined.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The egg-cavity, which may average about 2¼ inches in diameter and about the same in depth below the lower edge of the aperture, is densely lined with very soft down or feathers.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The egg-cavity is deeply cup-shaped, from 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and _lined_ usually with fine grass.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The egg-cavity measured 2·5 inches in diameter one way and only 2 the other way, while in depth it was barely ·86.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The egg-cavity, about 2 inches in diameter and rather in more than half an inch deep, was lined with fine blackish-brown grass-roots.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The egg-cavity is usually about 5 inches in diameter and 2 inches in depth, but they vary very much both in size and materials; and I see that I note of one nest taken at Agra on the

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870