. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . tiredlife amid the beds of grass or rushes, but at the latter season theyemerge, and take up their quarters on the surrounding trees and bushes,Mhere they engage in a series of varied concerts, each inspired with the THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 199 hope of outdoing its nuraetuus rivals in th
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . tiredlife amid the beds of grass or rushes, but at the latter season theyemerge, and take up their quarters on the surrounding trees and bushes,Mhere they engage in a series of varied concerts, each inspired with the THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 199 hope of outdoing its nuraetuus rivals in the favor of sOrae attractivefemale. Should any one of the feathered competitors venture to intrudeupon the same branch as the energetic singer, he is at once driven withsuch violence from the spot as to prevent a repetition of the other members of this family, the Sedge Warbler subsists princi-pally upon insects, and occasionally devours various kinds of nest, which is placed amongst clumps of sedge grass or rushes, onmarshy ground, at not more than a foot and a half from the surface,is firmly suspended to the surrounding stalks, and formed of hay, stub-ble, roots and green moss, woven thickly and firmly together, and linedwith horsehair, feathers, and delicate blades of THE GOLDEX-CRESTED WREN. The herxd and upper part of the body of this Wren, are of a deep reddish brown: above each eyethere is a stroke of white: theback, and the coverts of thewings and tail, are marked withslender transverse black lines;the quill-feathers with bars ofblack and red. The throat is ofa yellowish white. The bellyand sides are crossed with narrowdusky and pale reddish-brownlines. Tlie tail is crossed withdusky bars. The song of this beautifullittle bird, the smallest of allthe British feathered race, isextremely delicate and is not much unlike, but it isnot quite so loud as, that of the Common Wren. The Golden-crested Wren may be easily known in winter
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