. The British bird book . green, and purple. The young bird,in the early summer, is of a pale brown colour. In the autumnthe plumage is changed for a black dress, like that of theadult, but heavily spotted with white. As the winter wearson the white spots become abraded, and disappear. Therobin needs no description. But the young bird, in its firstplumage, is commonly mistaken for the female, which, ofcourse, is practically indistinguishable from the male. It iscertainly unlike ones notion of a cock-robin, being of ayellowish-brown colour, with pale spots, a type of plumagecharacteristic of th
. The British bird book . green, and purple. The young bird,in the early summer, is of a pale brown colour. In the autumnthe plumage is changed for a black dress, like that of theadult, but heavily spotted with white. As the winter wearson the white spots become abraded, and disappear. Therobin needs no description. But the young bird, in its firstplumage, is commonly mistaken for the female, which, ofcourse, is practically indistinguishable from the male. It iscertainly unlike ones notion of a cock-robin, being of ayellowish-brown colour, with pale spots, a type of plumagecharacteristic of the young of the thrush tribe. In some nearly related species, again, the males arestrikingly different, the females barely distinguishable. But nevertheless, a very considerable number of ourBritish birds can be more or less easily distinguished duringflight—sometimes by the manner of that flight, sometimesby characteristic markings, sometimes by the notes theyutter ; and these are briefly summarized in this chapter. 208. ^£^^^:- 1. Swallow 2. House Martin 3. Swift 4. Sand Martin 5. Pied Wagtail 6. Grey Wagtail 7. Yellow Wagtail 8. Chaffinch 9. Goldfinch 10. Linnet 11. Greenfinch 12. Bullfinch When it. is realized that no less than 475 species, andsub-species, of British birds are now recognized, it will beapparent that it would be impossible to do more than brieflyepitomize the commoner species, and some of these, like therobin and the wren, need no interpreter. The aim of this chapter is primarily to give, as far aspossible, the salient features of our commoner native birds,as seen during flight. But some species merely flit, fromone place to another, and that so rapidly that no details ofcoloration can be distinguished. They can only be examinedat favourable, and often fleeting moments, when at rest, andclear of foUage. Only such as are frequently encoxmteredare included here. To attempt more would be to lead toconfusion. Enough, it is hoped, will be said to help thebeginn
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