. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. LMANT UUK\[:.~ fill'i :j;r,â.,. '., being only six of the Tree Pipit is almost invariably placed on the -lound under the shelt of a tuft of grass, altl lough tliere are instances where the liird h er a very low bush. The materials of which the nest is made , _ ^, â._. ,, rasses, and the lining is mostly of liair. The eggs are five in number, and thcTr colour IS iieen known to build iu ire moss, roots, and fine a whitish ground covercid with reddish-br IS I'owu spots. J here is conside
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. LMANT UUK\[:.~ fill'i :j;r,â.,. '., being only six of the Tree Pipit is almost invariably placed on the -lound under the shelt of a tuft of grass, altl lough tliere are instances where the liird h er a very low bush. The materials of which the nest is made , _ ^, â._. ,, rasses, and the lining is mostly of liair. The eggs are five in number, and thcTr colour IS iieen known to build iu ire moss, roots, and fine a whitish ground covercid with reddish-br IS I'owu spots. J here is considerable variation in the colour ot the eggs, the spots being larger and more numerous in some examples, and tln'ircol,,,ir generally possessing dilfereut shailes of purple with the brown. The Tree Pipit may be known from the meadow rijiit by its greater size, its flatter hoiul, Larger bill, and shorter hind claws, tlu! last being a very notable distinction In its .Udieral colouring it resendjles the meadow Itesides these two species others are known to be among the I'.ritish birds, as the IJoek I'ipit {Anthm aquaticus), and Thk very large family of the Thrushes now engages our attention. ]\rany of tliese birds are renowned for their song, and some of them are remarkable for their imitative ]in\vers. Tn gemn-al slia]>i> there is .some r(\sendilance to the crows and the starlinr's and hlarkhirds of iMiglaud, bearing a very great external resemblance to the common starlin-r I Ins liundy is divided into five .sub-families, all of which will be mentioned in the follow- ing pages, and many examples iigured. Our own Cdiuitrv manv representatives ot this gro' } of birds. ' " The Ant-thrushIvS, .so called from Iheir ant-eating propensities, form a .small but ivuiaikal)le gr,,up of birds, diilering greatly in colour and dimensions, but bearin'v cnnsuierable resemblance to each oth.'r in their general form. Some species are as sniulnvly c
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