. Bodley Head natural history. Natural history; Birds. 102 HEDGE ACCENTOR is far more useful than harmful. In winter he eats crumbs in company with other birds. His song, short but oft repeated, may be heard from February onwards; as a rule he is silent in cold weather, but has been heard to raise his modest voice at midday when the thermometer shewed ten degrees of frost. The bird is one of the favourite victims of the Cuckoo. Like the Thrush and Blackbird the Hedge Accentor is sometimes guilty of eccentricity in the breeding season. At Leven, Fifeshire, in June, 1895, a hen bird was found si
. Bodley Head natural history. Natural history; Birds. 102 HEDGE ACCENTOR is far more useful than harmful. In winter he eats crumbs in company with other birds. His song, short but oft repeated, may be heard from February onwards; as a rule he is silent in cold weather, but has been heard to raise his modest voice at midday when the thermometer shewed ten degrees of frost. The bird is one of the favourite victims of the Cuckoo. Like the Thrush and Blackbird the Hedge Accentor is sometimes guilty of eccentricity in the breeding season. At Leven, Fifeshire, in June, 1895, a hen bird was found sitting on young Thrushes in the absence of their mother. Evidently. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941. London ; New York : Lane
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