Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #384
Mercy
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا طَلْقُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً فَأَخَذَ رَجُلٌ بَيْضَ حُمَّرَةٍ، فَجَاءَتْ تَرِفُّ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ بِبَيْضَتِهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا أَخَذْتُ بَيْضَتَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ارْدُدْ، رَحْمَةً لَهَا.
'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, stopped in a place and then someone took a bird's eggs and the
bird began to beat its wings around the head of the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He asked, "Which of you has taken
its eggs?" A man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have taken its eggs." The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Return
them out off mercy to the bird."
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This hadith is #384 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Mercy.