. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE SEDGE WAEBLEE. 115 other birds as are within the compass of its little throat. I was walking one morning in May by the banks of a canal not far from a village, when I remarked the exact resemblance between a portion of its song and the chirrup of a House-sparrow. Intermixed with this, I detected the note of some other bird; but, familiar though it sounded, I ransacked my memory in vain to discover from whom it. THE SEDGE WARBLER. was purloiaed. Pursuing my walk towards the houses, I heard the note of some Guinea-fowls; not the "
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE SEDGE WAEBLEE. 115 other birds as are within the compass of its little throat. I was walking one morning in May by the banks of a canal not far from a village, when I remarked the exact resemblance between a portion of its song and the chirrup of a House-sparrow. Intermixed with this, I detected the note of some other bird; but, familiar though it sounded, I ransacked my memory in vain to discover from whom it. THE SEDGE WARBLER. was purloiaed. Pursuing my walk towards the houses, I heard the note of some Guinea-fowls; not the " come- back " cry, but the " click-click " which every one knows so well. Of this the Sedge Warbler had caught exactly both the key and the time; the two notes were in fact identical, except that they were performed on instru- ments of different cahbre. Like other chatterers, who, I 2. 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; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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