Children's own library . andthroat, together with the upper part of the back andthe wings, are deep black, with the exception of anorange bar upon the shoulders. The lower part of theback and the whole of the under surface are brightorange, warming into scarlet on the breast. From these colors the bird has derived the names ofGolden Robin and Fire Bird. Its total length is aboutseven inches. The Common Starling is a bird well known both forits beauty and its singular method of flight. When aflock of Starlings begin to settle for the night, theywheel round the place selected with great accuracy
Children's own library . andthroat, together with the upper part of the back andthe wings, are deep black, with the exception of anorange bar upon the shoulders. The lower part of theback and the whole of the under surface are brightorange, warming into scarlet on the breast. From these colors the bird has derived the names ofGolden Robin and Fire Bird. Its total length is aboutseven inches. The Common Starling is a bird well known both forits beauty and its singular method of flight. When aflock of Starlings begin to settle for the night, theywheel round the place selected with great , as if by word of command, the whole flockturn their sides to the spectator, and with a greatwhirring of wings the whole front and shape of theflock is altered. No body of soldiers could be betterwheeled or countermarched than are these flocks of WOODS NATURAL HISTORY 143 Starlings, except, perhaps, an unfortunate few, who areusually thrown out at each change, and whom we mustcharitably suppose to be SKYLARK, WOODLARK, AND CRESTED LARK The Starling lives principally among old buildings,and is very fond of gaining admittance into dovecotes,where it is a harmless visitor, and may be suffered toremain without detriment to the pigeons or their eggs» 144 woods natural history Its nest is made usually in a hole in a wall, sometimesin a decayed tree, and contains five eggs of a very deli-cate, uniformly pale blue.
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