. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . Sculfi- A U-SA 6/ MOTACILLA TROGLODYTES. Syst. Nat. 337. BROWN WREN. PLATE LXVII. he bill is slender, black at the point, dusky at thebase. The iris is narrow, and of a pale brown; thepupil, black. Over the eye is a line of pale brown; thehead, back, wings, and tail, are of a strong tawnybrown, the feathers being checquered or barred acrosswith black; which barring is most conspicuous in thewings and t
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . Sculfi- A U-SA 6/ MOTACILLA TROGLODYTES. Syst. Nat. 337. BROWN WREN. PLATE LXVII. he bill is slender, black at the point, dusky at thebase. The iris is narrow, and of a pale brown; thepupil, black. Over the eye is a line of pale brown; thehead, back, wings, and tail, are of a strong tawnybrown, the feathers being checquered or barred acrosswith black; which barring is most conspicuous in thewings and tail. The throat, breast, and belly, are of apale dusky buff-colour; the last faintly crossed withsmall brown bars. The legs and feet are a pale brown. The Wren, says Mr. Pennant, may be placed amongst the first of our singing birds ; it continues its song throughout the winter, except during the the Honourable Daines Barrington allows it aconsiderable place in his Balance of Singing Birds;ascribing to it, twelve degrees of sprightly notes, fourdegrees of composition, and four degrees of ,jiT>9->l Wfvn ->na «-COTt) lunxoli., wrQ Mii,itii, ItvlOU^ n a^U -juui^ MCZ LIBRARYHA F?V A P0 L ■!! V ~ s- i^-fjY . USA 68 NEST AND EGGS OF THE BROWN WREN. PLATE LXVIII. The Wren builds her nest beside hollow ways, wherethe earth overhangs, or against the side of some mossy-wall or rock, where it is thickly shadowed above. Thenest is of an oval shape, smallest at the upper end, andan hole is left in the side, for the bird to go in and specimen which lies before me, is composedchiefly of green moss, having on the outside severaldried leaves and branches of fern, tied with bladesof grass ; within this coat is another made of wool andfine soft moss; and, within that, the lining, which con-sists of wool and feathers. The eggs are of a roundishfigure; white, and spotted, near the big end, withsmall red spots. A strange thought entered into the head of an E
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