. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . of theKittiwake—before the full grandeur and magnificence ofthe scenery burst upon the view. The stupendous preci-pices of Powl Carr, and the opposing perpendicular cliffs 1 Logan of Restalrig. See Carrs History of Coldingham, Priory, pp. 90-95,and 202-213. xxvi INTKODUCTION. covered with countless sea-fowl, now rise before the aston-ished eye, while the mid-air is darkened by the wings, andthe ear deafened by the scr
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . of theKittiwake—before the full grandeur and magnificence ofthe scenery burst upon the view. The stupendous preci-pices of Powl Carr, and the opposing perpendicular cliffs 1 Logan of Restalrig. See Carrs History of Coldingham, Priory, pp. 90-95,and 202-213. xxvi INTKODUCTION. covered with countless sea-fowl, now rise before the aston-ished eye, while the mid-air is darkened by the wings, andthe ear deafened by the screams, of innumerable Guillemotsand other birds descending from the rocky ledges, to whichthey come— At Natures summons their aerial stateAnnual to found, and in bold voyage steerOer this wide ocean, through yon pathless sky,One certain point to one appointed shore,By Heavns directive spirit here to raiseTheir temporary realm, and form secure,Where food awaits them copious from the wave,And shelter from the rock, their nuptial leagues ;Each tribe apart, and all on tasks of love,To hatch the pregnant egg, to rear and guardTheir helpless infants, piously intent. X THE BIEDS OF BERWICKSHIRE PASSERES. ( 1 ) TURDIDyE. THE SONG THEUSH. THRUSH, COMMON THRUSH, GARDEN THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH,THROSTLE, MAVIS. Turdus musicus. Withiti a thick a7id spreading hazvthorn busk,That overhujig a molehill large and rotmd,I heard from tnor7i to morn a merjy ThrushSing hymns to sunrise, a?id I drank the soundWith joy ; and, often an iiitruding guest,I -watched her secret toils from day to day,—How true she warped the moss to form a Jiest,And modelled it withift with wood and clay ;And by a7id by, like heathbcllsgilt with dew,There lay her shining eggs, as bright a<:floivers,Ink-spotted-over shells of greeny blue ;And there I witnessed in the sunny hours,A brood of natures minstrels chirp and as that sunshine and the laughing sky. Clare, The Thrushs Nest. The delightful song of
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