. Wild birds and their haunts (a book for students and sportsmen) . PIPIT OFFERING HER MORSEL TO WILLOW WREN FEEDING CUCKOO. To face page 224 The Common Cuckoo 225 hoarser and more indistinct as the season advances, andultimately before their departure they are entirely mute. July usually sees the last of tnem—the first migrants toleave our shores. The period of remaining in tne BritishIsles appears to be limited to the time necessary for aselection of nest and laying the quota of eggs. The bird is very generally distributed, and is found indistricts of every charactar. In tnis r. spe
. Wild birds and their haunts (a book for students and sportsmen) . PIPIT OFFERING HER MORSEL TO WILLOW WREN FEEDING CUCKOO. To face page 224 The Common Cuckoo 225 hoarser and more indistinct as the season advances, andultimately before their departure they are entirely mute. July usually sees the last of tnem—the first migrants toleave our shores. The period of remaining in tne BritishIsles appears to be limited to the time necessary for aselection of nest and laying the quota of eggs. The bird is very generally distributed, and is found indistricts of every charactar. In tnis r. spect it differsfrom the nightingale, whicn is very seldom neard in tnemining districts of Soutn Wales, altnougn across theBristol Channel, on the coasts of Somerset and Devon, itoccurs frequently and regularly. In choosing its nest, itgoes invariably for that of insectivorous birds, like itself,and caterpillars form its staple food, hence its partialityfor lands of high pasture and moorland. The plumage of the head, neck, breast, and upperparts is of a deep bluish-grey. The whole of the bellyand rema
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