This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...more fragile, and not easily moved entire; it is composed of dry grass and moss, with dead leaves, warmly lined with feathers. Amongst the many eggs which I have found myself, I have seen only the two varieties figured, and in about equal numbers: the Messrs. Tuke have some which are, however, different, and which, in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...more fragile, and not easily moved entire; it is composed of dry grass and moss, with dead leaves, warmly lined with feathers. Amongst the many eggs which I have found myself, I have seen only the two varieties figured, and in about equal numbers: the Messrs. Tuke have some which are, however, different, and which, in shape and markings, are more like eggs of the titmice. Mr. Neville Wood, in his British Song Birds, quotes a letter from Dr. Liverpool, describing the readiness with which the Willow Wren becomes sociable. To this I can add a most interesting instance. To ascertain beyond doubt the identity of the two varieties of the eggs figured, I had captured, on their nests, several of the birds. Amongst these was one which I had carried home and confined during the night in a large box, and such was its tameness, that when I took it out the following morning, and would have set it at liberty, it seemed to have no wish to leave my hand, and would hop about the table at which I was sitting, picking up flies which I caught for it. In the autumn previous to their departure, the Willow Wrens frequent our gardens and orchards, where they may be seen busily picking insects from the pea-straw, and other vegetables, the young ones easily distinguished by their brighter yellow colouring; sometimes warbling a farewell song, but in a tone far different from their joyous carol in the spring, and so subdued that it is scarcely audible. CHIFF CHAFF. 108 INSESSORES. SYL VIA DM. DENTIROSTRES. CHIFF CHAFF. Sylvia Hippolais. PLATE XXVIII. FIG. II. However monotonous the voice of the Chiff Chaff may sound when mingled with the rich melody of the various warblers, there is a time at which it brings with it a delightful welcome, when its cheerful sound bursts upon the ear as ...
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