. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 198 THE COTTAGE GARDENER. [Jdne 27. even to labcvu' to keep yom- souls as a -well watered garden, where no sins are willingly permitted to gi-ow, and where He has promised to bestow the aids of His Spirit as showers and dew upon the tender herb, to enable you to brijig forth much fruit to His glory !—Hoktensk. [You must not say, finally, " good bye" to us! We, and our readers, have derived too much gratification from your hints for us not to request that you will very soon greet us again.—Ed. C. G.] ENGLISH CAGE BIRDS. THE BLACKCIP WAHBLE
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. 198 THE COTTAGE GARDENER. [Jdne 27. even to labcvu' to keep yom- souls as a -well watered garden, where no sins are willingly permitted to gi-ow, and where He has promised to bestow the aids of His Spirit as showers and dew upon the tender herb, to enable you to brijig forth much fruit to His glory !—Hoktensk. [You must not say, finally, " good bye" to us! We, and our readers, have derived too much gratification from your hints for us not to request that you will very soon greet us again.—Ed. C. G.] ENGLISH CAGE BIRDS. THE BLACKCIP WAHBLEE. DeNTIBOSTRES. SyLVIAD^ iNSECTrrOEA. Si/lvia Atricapilla; Currtica Atrncap'iUa (Blackcap, Black- capped Fauvet); Motticilht Jtricnpilln,. This bu'd ranks next to the nightingale in song, and, like the nightingale, the males anive here first. They are easily dis- tinguished by tlieii- jet black head, for that of the female is of a chestnut brown. These birds are more hardy than the night- ingale, and less insectivorous, for they feed largely on om' summer fruits, as witness cm' cun-ant-bushes and raspberries. On its first amval the blackcap betakes itself to the ivy, where, securely hidden from obsei-vation, it obtains its food from the ivy-berries; and when satiated, poui's forth its loud and melo- dious strains continually. It is often mistaken for the black- bird, so loud are its notes. It is an extremely shy bird, and veiy difhcult to catch. Its capabihty of endiuiug cold is shewn by the fact of my hanng had one of these birds, and a lesser "whitethroat, in my large aviary, having a northern aspect,but siirrounded by buildings (and thus far protected), dming that most rigorous winter, 1837-38, in which the thermometer stood at 18 degrees, as on reference to my diary I find it so noted on the 20th Januarj', 1838. If the bu-d be fresh caught, it should be placed in a cage, and covered over for a day or two, in order that it may be sooner reconciled to ca
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