. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. air a few yards above the reeds whilst he bubbles forth his merry, hurried song. This is, no doubt, to attract the females during the pairing season. I have heard members of this species imitate the notes of the Landrail, Com- mon Sparrow, Nightingale, Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Robin, Swallow, and Black- bird. In the case of the last three species an individual mimicked all their notes within half a minute, not pausing as the Marsh Warbler does, but running straight on in a breathless hurry, and then turn- ing back to repeat the whole over
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. air a few yards above the reeds whilst he bubbles forth his merry, hurried song. This is, no doubt, to attract the females during the pairing season. I have heard members of this species imitate the notes of the Landrail, Com- mon Sparrow, Nightingale, Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Robin, Swallow, and Black- bird. In the case of the last three species an individual mimicked all their notes within half a minute, not pausing as the Marsh Warbler does, but running straight on in a breathless hurry, and then turn- ing back to repeat the whole over again. The alarm cry of the Sedge Warbler when disturbed is a harsh cJiurr. It also has another, sounding something like hit-tut. The bird makes use of a soft call resembling 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 Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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