. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 'i:. III:D0K HrAIlUdW. on .\(.VKST>)\,- mn,l,ihl,li,.<. c'f:,2S laid lii'fdre the gonial wavnitli ot spriii;^ has iiuhicod the givoii leaves to hurst their luclosiivos, It IS easily socii, antl is the tirst victim the neophyte bird-iiester, who pounces ii|i()ii its soft mossy walls and delicate e;rtrs with exuHint; cii'^erncss. The more cNlicrienccd nesier, however, will never touch so easy a prey, caring notliin-i- for e^'s which till' veriest novice can discdver. ° °
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 'i:. III:D0K HrAIlUdW. on .\(.VKST>)\,- mn,l,ihl,li,.<. c'f:,2S laid lii'fdre the gonial wavnitli ot spriii;^ has iiuhicod the givoii leaves to hurst their luclosiivos, It IS easily socii, antl is the tirst victim the neophyte bird-iiester, who pounces ii|i()ii its soft mossy walls and delicate e;rtrs with exuHint; cii'^erncss. The more cNlicrienccd nesier, however, will never touch so easy a prey, caring notliin-i- for e^'s which till' veriest novice can discdver. ° °° Tiie nest is ^L'tierally placed at a very low elevation, seldom more than two or three feet irom the .uround, and it is rather large in proportion to the size of the bird The materials of which the structure is made are various mosses, wool, and hair, and the e"fr,s arc usually live m numlier, of a bright bluisii green coU)iir. Sometimes, but very rarely s?x eggs are found in a single nest. IJird-nesting boys are not the only foes with whom tlie hedge s])arrow has to contend, f(U- the cuckoo by the oxjiosed jxi^ition of the nest 1111(1 lays her eggs in the home of the hcilge sjiarrow more often than in that of any other There are generally two broods of young in the year, and when the nest is robbed the iiKithcr bird olteii lays three sets of five eggs in the course of the season, of which she may tiiiuk luirself Ibrtunate if she succeeds in rearing one. The song of the Hedge Accentni' is sweet, but not varied nor powerful, and has a pcculiai i)l!aitive air about it. TIk' bird is a perseveriim songster, continuiii jxnvers of imitation au'd can mock with some success the gnator number of I'.ritish song-birds. This bird is nearly as bold as the sparrow, and will sometiines take up its residence in , where It soon gams the precociously impertinent airs that characterise all town lards, speedily loses tli(> bright rich brow n ami grey of its plum
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