. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . The head is of a perfectmouse-colour, with a small dark line down the middleof each feather. The back is mouse-coloured, onlya little inclining to a red-brown near the tail. Thetail is composed of twelve feathers, all of an uniformdark mouse-colour. The first quill feathers are the same colour as thetail, only the tips are a little paler. The covert feathers are a pale mouse-colour, withbrown edges. Th
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . The head is of a perfectmouse-colour, with a small dark line down the middleof each feather. The back is mouse-coloured, onlya little inclining to a red-brown near the tail. Thetail is composed of twelve feathers, all of an uniformdark mouse-colour. The first quill feathers are the same colour as thetail, only the tips are a little paler. The covert feathers are a pale mouse-colour, withbrown edges. The cheeks above and below the eyes are throat and upper part of the breast are a duskywhite, with brown touches down the middle of thefeathers. The sides under the wings are a pale belly and feathers under the tail white. The legs, feet, and claws, small, and black. The cock has a pretty sweet warbling song. Hesits on the branch of some tree, with his wings quiv-ering and half raised; when a fly approaches, he hopsoff to seize it, and immediately returns to his branch,and to his song. The Spotted Fly-Catcher is known in some placesby the name Beambird, or iwc: IKRVARD Ui-iiv-rSiTY©AMEfRlDGE. MA USA 38 NEST AND EGGS OF THE SPOTTEDFLY-CATCHER. PLATE XXXVIII. These birds build their nests in low places, amongsttrees, in fruit-gardens, or near some precipice, wherethey are secure from wind and weather. The nest before me was built on the ledge of a rock,overhung with trees and bushes. It was placed amongst,and partly hidden by, the growing leaves of the great-^ hairy wood-rush. The outside of the nest is composed of variouskinds of moss, grass, stubble, and stalks of dried inside, or lining, is made of the same materials,but softer and finer, and mixed with a few roots andblack hairs. It is a loose mean structure. The di-araeter of the cavity is about two inches, the depth lessthan an inch. Six eggs were in this nest. They are large for
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