. Bodley Head natural history. Natural history; Birds. GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 93 he lives and lurks; the careful watcher, taking ordinary precautions, may study him at close quarters, for despite his retiring habit he is by no means timid. Choose a spot where the jungle is not too dense, and watch; a little brown some- thing comes threading its way smoothly among the stems; now pausing; now gliding "in and out and round about"; it stops at a thin grower, rears upright and is travelling easily, steadily up to- wards the foliage; the neck lengthens to peer about the stem, and illusion fad
. Bodley Head natural history. Natural history; Birds. GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 93 he lives and lurks; the careful watcher, taking ordinary precautions, may study him at close quarters, for despite his retiring habit he is by no means timid. Choose a spot where the jungle is not too dense, and watch; a little brown some- thing comes threading its way smoothly among the stems; now pausing; now gliding "in and out and round about"; it stops at a thin grower, rears upright and is travelling easily, steadily up to- wards the foliage; the neck lengthens to peer about the stem, and illusion fades; but the Grasshopper Warbler remains in mind as a veritable mouse in feathers. Breeding begins in May, and the eggs. 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 Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941. London ; New York : Lane
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