. British birds in their haunts. Birds. 86 MERULIDyE. coat and yellow beak he is the handsomer hird of the two ; his food is much the same; he builds his nest in similar places; he is a great glutton when gooseberries are ripe, and his rich mellow song is highly inspiriting. But he is suspicious and Avary; however hard pressed he may be by hunger, you will rarely see him hunting for food in the open field. He prefers the solitude and privacy oi "the ; In a furze-brake, a coppice, a wooded water. ItlK course, or a thick hedgerow, he chooses his feeding ground, and all
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. 86 MERULIDyE. coat and yellow beak he is the handsomer hird of the two ; his food is much the same; he builds his nest in similar places; he is a great glutton when gooseberries are ripe, and his rich mellow song is highly inspiriting. But he is suspicious and Avary; however hard pressed he may be by hunger, you will rarely see him hunting for food in the open field. He prefers the solitude and privacy oi "the ; In a furze-brake, a coppice, a wooded water. ItlK course, or a thick hedgerow, he chooses his feeding ground, and allows no sort of partnership. Approach his haunt, and if he simply mistrusts you, he darts out flying close to the ground, pursues his course some twenty yards and dips again into the thicket, issuing most pro- bably on the other side, and ceasing not until he has placed what he considers a safe distance between himself and his enemy. But with all his cunning he fails in prudence; it is not in his nature to steal away silently. If he oidy suspects that all is not right, he utters. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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