. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE TREE PIPIT. my watch last spring, and found that on an average he sang five times per minute, and three times out of tlie five the mvisic was dehvered upon his favourite perch. The perching song only lasted two or three seconds, as a rule, whereas the fly- ing one took from five to seven seconds —according to the height from which the bird started—to get through. The song of this spe- cies has been likened to that of the [Canary, and in some re- s p e c t s it does un- doubtedly resemble it. It com- mences with the lark-like notes already mentioned, and end
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE TREE PIPIT. my watch last spring, and found that on an average he sang five times per minute, and three times out of tlie five the mvisic was dehvered upon his favourite perch. The perching song only lasted two or three seconds, as a rule, whereas the fly- ing one took from five to seven seconds —according to the height from which the bird started—to get through. The song of this spe- cies has been likened to that of the [Canary, and in some re- s p e c t s it does un- doubtedly resemble it. It com- mences with the lark-like notes already mentioned, and ends with a ringing tsee, tsee, tsce, or mhce, wliee, wliee. Tree Pipits vary greatly in the quality of their music. One of the very finest singers I ever heard was on a hillside near to Builth Wells, in Wales. The call note is a trit, trit, or fsip, t'sip. It has been said that the male birds of. FEMALE TREE PIPIT ABOUT TO ENTER NEST. 51. 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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