. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Passeres 23 earliest spring migrants, arriving in mid-March, and making pretty straight for its breeding quarters, while it leaves the comitry by October. But it is not till April or May that it builds its nest of grass lined with fur, hair, or feathers, which is placed in a rabbit-burrow or similar excavation in most cases, though it may be. Wheatear in holes in walls or peat-stacks on the moors, while a little building material at the entrance generally betrays the site. The five or six eggs are very pale blue, rarely with a few
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Passeres 23 earliest spring migrants, arriving in mid-March, and making pretty straight for its breeding quarters, while it leaves the comitry by October. But it is not till April or May that it builds its nest of grass lined with fur, hair, or feathers, which is placed in a rabbit-burrow or similar excavation in most cases, though it may be. Wheatear in holes in walls or peat-stacks on the moors, while a little building material at the entrance generally betrays the site. The five or six eggs are very pale blue, rarely with a few purplish specks. The Wheatear, from its similar note, is often confounded with the Stonechat, but may readily be distinguished by its grey back, black cheeks, wings, and tail, white rump and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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