. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. THE This tiny warbler mea- sures onty about four and three - quarter inches in length, is dull olive- green tinged with yellow above and yellowish- white below. Over the eye it wears a pale yel- lowish streak which grows whiter as it recedes. The Chiffchaff is, with the exception of the hardy Wheatear, the first feathered wanderer to return to us in the spring, and is eagerly looked, or rather listened, for by naturalists be- cause its welcome notes stand in their calendar as January i does to the rest of the M^orld—the begi
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. THE This tiny warbler mea- sures onty about four and three - quarter inches in length, is dull olive- green tinged with yellow above and yellowish- white below. Over the eye it wears a pale yel- lowish streak which grows whiter as it recedes. The Chiffchaff is, with the exception of the hardy Wheatear, the first feathered wanderer to return to us in the spring, and is eagerly looked, or rather listened, for by naturalists be- cause its welcome notes stand in their calendar as January i does to the rest of the M^orld—the beginning of a New Year—not of days, weeks, and months, but of awakening life, activity, and joj^ It arrives in March and departs again in October, some individuals having the hardihood to stay even through the. 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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