. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . ied forth to watch theeventful moment when nature arises, fresh, blooming, and full ofrenovated vigour. In his wanderings he comes upon a Nightingale. In the midst of a thicket, he says, I now see a solitary bird,humble in its attire, and of most modest mien, peeping at me witha caution so uncommon, and yet so inviting, that I feel tempted to 544 PASSERINES. seek its acquaintance. Witli care I approacli the featheredstranger. Its form is somewhat elongated, yet
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . ied forth to watch theeventful moment when nature arises, fresh, blooming, and full ofrenovated vigour. In his wanderings he comes upon a Nightingale. In the midst of a thicket, he says, I now see a solitary bird,humble in its attire, and of most modest mien, peeping at me witha caution so uncommon, and yet so inviting, that I feel tempted to 544 PASSERINES. seek its acquaintance. Witli care I approacli the featheredstranger. Its form is somewhat elongated, yet not incompact;its eyes are large, and of peculiar mildness; it stands rather high,on a pair of light flesh-coloured, and, as it were, transparent legs;its wings, which are of moderate length, droop, and seem atintervals to tremble ; and, as it moves from one twig to another,I see it hops, or leaps, and does not walk step by step, like manyother birds. Its colour is a dull brownish olive, but the hindpart of the back and the tail are of a richer tint, though corre-sponding with the general hue. At this moment it flies lightly to. Fig. 246. —The Nightingale ( Luscinia Philomela, Wood). the ground, hops a few steps, picks up a grub, and returns to itsformer station. The Nightingale, says McGillivray, which in siimmer isspread over the greater part of the Continent, extending itsmigrations to Sweden and the temperate parts of Russia, arrivesin the South of England about the middle of April, or a few dayslater, should the weather be severe. The females, according tovarious observers, come from a week to ten days after the settle in the southern counties, including part ofDevonshire, in the eastern and midland districts, and as far north THE SEDGE WAEBLEE. as York and Carlisle; but none are to be seen in Cornwall, Wales,or tbe north-western parts of England, although it is found muchfarther north on the Continent. It is alleged that the migration ofthe Night
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