. Rural bird life of England : being essays on ornithology, with instructions for preserving objects relating to that science . Birds; Birds. THE MOORHEN AND COOT. Where Coots in rushy dingles hide, And Moorhens shun the day. The shy and retiring Moorhen's home is amongst the reeds and dank vegetation by the water-side. You get an occasional glimpse of them on the banks of weedy pools of stagnant water, or in the reedy branches of canals and drains. A favourite place, too, is in the tangled marshy bed of old watercourses, and on the little islands that often stud fishponds and lakes. Sometimes
. Rural bird life of England : being essays on ornithology, with instructions for preserving objects relating to that science . Birds; Birds. THE MOORHEN AND COOT. Where Coots in rushy dingles hide, And Moorhens shun the day. The shy and retiring Moorhen's home is amongst the reeds and dank vegetation by the water-side. You get an occasional glimpse of them on the banks of weedy pools of stagnant water, or in the reedy branches of canals and drains. A favourite place, too, is in the tangled marshy bed of old watercourses, and on the little islands that often stud fishponds and lakes. Sometimes we see them swimming with peculiar bobbing motion of the head amongst the reeds and water-flags, or at other times walking gracefully about the banks, picking up their food, and incessantly jerking their tail. Or not unfrequently you see many of the birds perched amongst Z. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dixon, Charles, 1858-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : Werner Co.
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