. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. THE I LOVE Robin Redbreast above all other birds. He is a bold, handsome fellow, and one of the sweetest songsters of the grove. When the Nightingale and the Blackcap have gone to their winter quarters in the far- away sunny South, and both the Thrush and the Skylark are silent, courageous Redbreast mounts to the topmost branch of some sodden, leafless tree and defiantly pours out his sweet, silvery notes. Poets of all ages have noticed this peculiar characteristic, and one of them has expressed it very happilv in the following l
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. THE I LOVE Robin Redbreast above all other birds. He is a bold, handsome fellow, and one of the sweetest songsters of the grove. When the Nightingale and the Blackcap have gone to their winter quarters in the far- away sunny South, and both the Thrush and the Skylark are silent, courageous Redbreast mounts to the topmost branch of some sodden, leafless tree and defiantly pours out his sweet, silvery notes. Poets of all ages have noticed this peculiar characteristic, and one of them has expressed it very happilv in the following lines : " Each woodland pipe is mute Save when the Redbreast mourns the ialhng leafs ; Now plaintively, in interrupted trills, He sings the dirge of the departing ; i6. 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 Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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