. Bird-life of the borders on moorland and sea, with faunal notes extending over forty years. 46 BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS the querulous cat-like cry; ten minutes later, silent forms soar and circle outside the wood, and after some preliminary gyrations, the night's hunting begins in earnest. During the nesting-season, these owls have another cryânot unlike the petulant barking of a spoilt lap-dog; but they never hoot. Besides the above, cushats also lay in March; and so, of course, do rooks. But the only further remarks I will make on March-nesting birds, are these :â ââ March âA missel -
. Bird-life of the borders on moorland and sea, with faunal notes extending over forty years. 46 BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS the querulous cat-like cry; ten minutes later, silent forms soar and circle outside the wood, and after some preliminary gyrations, the night's hunting begins in earnest. During the nesting-season, these owls have another cryânot unlike the petulant barking of a spoilt lap-dog; but they never hoot. Besides the above, cushats also lay in March; and so, of course, do rooks. But the only further remarks I will make on March-nesting birds, are these :â ââ March âA missel - thrush commenced laying, though there were 70 frost at Redshank in April. March 21.âPlanted this day a big cypress {Thugofisis borealis). Five days later, a song-thrush had completed nest-building therein, and on the 28th this nest contained two eggsâexactly one week's work. March 31.âA stockdove's nest at the Keyheugh con- tained one eggâan exceptionally early date. By weaving together the numerous skeins above rudely collated, it will be seen that we already have, by mid-April, a sufficiently charming aggregation of bird-life on the moors. The purely summer-birds, the warblers,. 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 Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929. London, Gurney and Jackson
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