. By stream and sea. A book for wanderers and anglers. Natural history; Fishing; Voyages and travels. Out of the Chalk. 9 i over the district man and boy for forty years, has in his possession a valuable case of birds, killed and preserved by himself, as an illustration of the various feathered visitors to be found in the neighbourhood. Besides the more familiar kinds, I noticed in his collection the landrail; the buzzard, which, not uncommon fifty years ago, is never seen now; the handsomely-marked butcher-bird, a yearly visitor, which never fails to make its appearance in the wake of the nig
. By stream and sea. A book for wanderers and anglers. Natural history; Fishing; Voyages and travels. Out of the Chalk. 9 i over the district man and boy for forty years, has in his possession a valuable case of birds, killed and preserved by himself, as an illustration of the various feathered visitors to be found in the neighbourhood. Besides the more familiar kinds, I noticed in his collection the landrail; the buzzard, which, not uncommon fifty years ago, is never seen now; the handsomely-marked butcher-bird, a yearly visitor, which never fails to make its appearance in the wake of the nightingale; the Dartford warbler; a brace of kingfishers, two of which not long since were captured opposite the hotel, so furiously fighting that they allowed themselves to be taken into custody; skylark, titlark, and woodlark; the restless bull- finch, and the curious snake-bird; the delicate little white- throat ; the tiny golden wren; and many other examples of our British 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 Senior, William, 1839?-1920. London, Chatto and Windus
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