. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . y, pert, pugnacious, cheerful,and a universal favourite. In April the Eobin betakes itselfto the woods and thickets, where it rears its brood. On theapproach of winter it returns to civilised life, when, as M. Figuierinforms us, it constitutes excellent game ! ]No doubt it is edible ;but where is the consumer of such to be found? Not in theBritish Islands, we hope. The Wrens (Motacilla) are the smallest of European birds. N N 2 54S PASSEEINES. The Golden-creste
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . y, pert, pugnacious, cheerful,and a universal favourite. In April the Eobin betakes itselfto the woods and thickets, where it rears its brood. On theapproach of winter it returns to civilised life, when, as M. Figuierinforms us, it constitutes excellent game ! ]No doubt it is edible ;but where is the consumer of such to be found? Not in theBritish Islands, we hope. The Wrens (Motacilla) are the smallest of European birds. N N 2 54S PASSEEINES. The Golden-crested Kinglet {Motacilla regidus, Linn.), Fig. 249,inhabits the woods and thickets of the cold and temperateregions of the earth, where, among the twigs, with great agilityit searches for insects, on which it feeds. While thus occupiedit emits a single shrill, feeble note, too often accepted by heart-less boys as a tell-tale of its whereabouts. The European Wren (Troglodytes europ(Bus, Cuvier), Fig. 250, iswidely diffused over Europe, from Greenland to the southern partsof Italy, and from Trebizond to the west coast of Ireland. Like. Fig. 250.—The Common or European Wren [HotacMa troglodytes, Liim.). the Robin, it has become, in a sense, a sacred bh-d, and fewventure to commit. any outrage on the familiar little nest is found in all kinds of situations; a favourite onebeing under the turfed summit of a stone wall skirting a brook,or on the edge of a wood or shrubbery. It is an elegantstructure, oval in form, and dome-shaped, with the entranceat the side, the materials varying with the locality ; but thelining generally is soft, downy feathers. The Wood Warbler, or Yv^ood Wren {Motacilla trochilus, Bewick),Fig. 251, is a delicate, active little bird, pretty generally is of retiring- and unobtrusive manners, its favourite haunt beino-among the willows and osiers which skirt some sluggish flitting about in such localities it emits a small chirjj
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