. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. no Order II its note is unmistakeable, though that of the hen-bird is merely a bubbhng sound. Abroad its summer range extends from about the Arctic Circle to north Africa, Japan and the Himalayas, but it migrates to the extreme. Cuckoo south of Asia and Africa. In Britain it is almost more common in the north than in the south, for there the insects and caterpillars which form its food are every- where plentiful, and the Meadow-Pipit is even a more usual foster-parent than the Sedge or Reed Please note that these images
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. no Order II its note is unmistakeable, though that of the hen-bird is merely a bubbhng sound. Abroad its summer range extends from about the Arctic Circle to north Africa, Japan and the Himalayas, but it migrates to the extreme. Cuckoo south of Asia and Africa. In Britain it is almost more common in the north than in the south, for there the insects and caterpillars which form its food are every- where plentiful, and the Meadow-Pipit is even a more usual foster-parent than the Sedge or Reed 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 Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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