. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . its base; the lores are black and the mark is pro-longed to about midway down the side of the face, whereit terminates in a point, simulating a moustache, whencethe trivial name bearded. In the female the distinctive moustache is less apparentthan in the male, otherwise the sexes are much alike inoutward appearance. It frequents localities where reeds and bulrushes abound,and there it builds itself a domed nest, composed of theleaves of the plants among which it is situated, li
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . its base; the lores are black and the mark is pro-longed to about midway down the side of the face, whereit terminates in a point, simulating a moustache, whencethe trivial name bearded. In the female the distinctive moustache is less apparentthan in the male, otherwise the sexes are much alike inoutward appearance. It frequents localities where reeds and bulrushes abound,and there it builds itself a domed nest, composed of theleaves of the plants among which it is situated, lining itwith the down, or pappus, of the same. In the house it may be kept in aviary or cage, but ifin the latter, it should be as large as possible and fur-nished with a pot planted with sedge or other aquatic 21 o BRITISH BIRDS plants, in which these birds deHghl. It has been known to nest and produce eggs under such circumstances, but there is no instance on record of young ones having been reared. ^The young are fed on ants eggs and small mealworms and other insects, and may be by degrees weaned to artificial. THt: Bearded Tit. food, of which ground dog-biscuit and crissel^should formthe basis. Beyond their quaint habits and pretty plumage they havenothing to recommend them for their song is only aninsignificant twitter. When exhibited at a show, the proper class for the Bearded FOR CA GES A ND A VIA RIES. 211 Tit is among the smaller varieties of foreign birds for whichno special place is provided, as it is quite certain that itdoes not now occur wild in Britain, although at no veryremote period it was to be met with, even in considerablenumbers, among the Lincolnshire Fens, and in other similarlocalities. Possibly one reason for its disappearance maybe the keenness of the pursuit directed against it bybirdcatchers, although the reclamation of its favourite hauntshas had no doubt something to do with its entered among British species, in consequence ofhaving
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