. The birds of our country. 44 WOOD WREN. the woods and covers, preferring to settle in the oaks and beeches, not usually going far from its favourite clump of trees. On the highest twigs of these he delights to perch and give forth his song, which is very sweet. There he will remain, " Singing at in- tervals from his twig, though ever and anon he leaves it for a short flight after a too tempting insect, which he catches on the wing, and takes to the nearest twig to repeat his song. In such a hurry is he to WOOD WREN. that often, when flying from one tree to another, he begins his
. The birds of our country. 44 WOOD WREN. the woods and covers, preferring to settle in the oaks and beeches, not usually going far from its favourite clump of trees. On the highest twigs of these he delights to perch and give forth his song, which is very sweet. There he will remain, " Singing at in- tervals from his twig, though ever and anon he leaves it for a short flight after a too tempting insect, which he catches on the wing, and takes to the nearest twig to repeat his song. In such a hurry is he to WOOD WREN. that often, when flying from one tree to another, he begins his song on the wing to finish it on his ; The back and upper parts of this bird are yellowish green, the chin and breast bright yellow, softening into pure white on the lower part of the breast and belly ; the wings and tail are brown. The nest is of an oval shape, and domed, the en- trance being at the side ; it is placed among the. 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 Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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