. A practical treatise on British song birds : in which is given every information relative to their natural history, incubation, &c. : together with the method of rearing and managing both old and young birds / . the outside of dry grass, roots, fibres,&c. and lining it with wool, hair, feathers,or willow down. In this warm receptaclethe female deposits four or five eggs of apale bluish-green, thickly spotted at thelarge end with purple specks. Bewick ob-serves, that * in Winter they mix with otherbirds, and migrate in flocks to more southerncountries; they feed on small seeds of variouskinds
. A practical treatise on British song birds : in which is given every information relative to their natural history, incubation, &c. : together with the method of rearing and managing both old and young birds / . the outside of dry grass, roots, fibres,&c. and lining it with wool, hair, feathers,or willow down. In this warm receptaclethe female deposits four or five eggs of apale bluish-green, thickly spotted at thelarge end with purple specks. Bewick ob-serves, that * in Winter they mix with otherbirds, and migrate in flocks to more southerncountries; they feed on small seeds of variouskinds, especially those of the alder, of whichthey are extremely fond; they hang uponthe branches like the titmouse, with theirbacks downwards, whilst feeding, and in 46 THE REDPOLE. this situation may easily be caught withlime twigs. The plumage of the back of the head,the neck, back, wings, and tail, are of areddish-brown colour; the forehead, chin,and breast are of a bright crimson, and thebelly of a dusky white; the plumage of thefemale is much the same, but fainter, andin both sexes are two bars of white whichrun across the wings. This bird is reared and managed exactlyin the same manner as the STAIiLI^O
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