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Eggs and birds

Les Oeufs, Formes et Couleurs

The Shape (La Forme)

Spherical (Sphérique)	Oval (Ovale)	Sharp oval (Ovale pointu)	Piriform (Piriforme)

         The Colour (La Couleur)

→ White eggs

 
Many cave birds or nesting in dark places have white eggs. Their clear color would allow the adults to locate them more easily in the twilight.

Little owl (Chouette chevêche)	Tawny owl (Chouette hulotte)	Wood pigeon (Pigeon ramier)	Sand martin (Hirondelle de rivage)	Black redstart (Rouge-queue noir)

→ Speckled eggs

To certain species, spots are so dense that they can cover almost completely the thorough color.

Quail (Caille)	Lark (Alouette)	Sparrow (Moineau)

→ Eggs of uniform tints

Eggs of some species are characterized by their plain color.

Pheasant (Faisan)	Grey heron (Héron cendré)	Starling (Étourneau)	Nightingale (Rossignol)	Hedge sparrow (Accenteur mouchet)

→ Weakly speckled eggs

A lot of eggs have spots of varied shape (hurt, streak, spots, marblings), more or less spaced out.

Elegant goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant)	Bullfinch peony (Bouvreuil pivoine)	Magpie (Pie bavarde)	Moorhen (Poule d'eau)	Sparrow hawk (Épervier)

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1. Which type of eggs have the little owl and the wood pigeon? Speckled eggsWhite eggsEggs of uniform tintsI don't know


2. Which type of eggs have the sparrow and the quail? White eggsEggs of uniform tintsSpeckled eggsI don't know


3. Which type of eggs have the pheasant and the starling? Eggs speckledWhite eggsEggs of uniform tintsI don't know


4. How many shapes of eggs are there? FiveThreeFourI don't know


5. Which type of eggs have the talkative magpie and the sparrow hawk? Speckled eggsEggs of uniform tintsWeakly speckled eggsI don't know


6. Of these three propositions, what egg belongs to the category of white eggs? Elegant goldfinchPheasantSand martinI don't know


7. Of these three propositions, what egg belongs to the category of speckled eggs? StarlingLittle owlSparrowI don't know


8. Of these three propositions, what egg belongs to the category of eggs of uniform tints? PheasantWood pigeonQuailI don't know


9. Of these three propositions, what egg belongs to of the category of weakly speckled eggs? SparrowElegant goldfinchStarlingI don't know


10. What are eggs with a round shape called? OvalSphericalPiriformI don't know