. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. and inside an old tennis shoe left on a ledge in a boat-house. It is made of pellets of mud generally intermixed with straws and lined with dead grass and feathers. The structure differs in shape according to the site selected for 'J* it. Frequently it is formed like half or two-thirds %<. r-l™^'^' of a saucer when .jdSk. -• plastered against a wall or rafter, but when on a flat surface the outside consists of a circular wall of mud. The eggs, num- bering from four to six, are white, spotted and blotched with dark, reddis
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. and inside an old tennis shoe left on a ledge in a boat-house. It is made of pellets of mud generally intermixed with straws and lined with dead grass and feathers. The structure differs in shape according to the site selected for 'J* it. Frequently it is formed like half or two-thirds %<. r-l™^'^' of a saucer when .jdSk. -• plastered against a wall or rafter, but when on a flat surface the outside consists of a circular wall of mud. The eggs, num- bering from four to six, are white, spotted and blotched with dark, reddish-brown, and underlying specks of grey. This bird's song is one of the most joy- ous and spontaneous in all the realms of Nature, and the poet might well say : " Thou hast no sadness in tliy ; It is uttered both whilst the melodist 246. NEWLY-FLEDGED 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 Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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