. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. The Golden Oriole CHAPTER XV In a Green Country in Quest of Rare Songsters I CAN understand the feeling experienced by some visitors from far-distant sunburnt lands—our Antipodean "dependencies," for example—on first coming to Eng- land, at a time of year when the country is greenest. The unimagined brilliancy of the hue and its universality affect them powerfully; for though green was known to them in sea and sky and earth and in a parrot's plumage it is not really the colour of nature in their world as in ours. It is a surprise to a
. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. The Golden Oriole CHAPTER XV In a Green Country in Quest of Rare Songsters I CAN understand the feeling experienced by some visitors from far-distant sunburnt lands—our Antipodean "dependencies," for example—on first coming to Eng- land, at a time of year when the country is greenest. The unimagined brilliancy of the hue and its universality affect them powerfully; for though green was known to them in sea and sky and earth and in a parrot's plumage it is not really the colour of nature in their world as in ours. It is a surprise to all and in some a pure delight, but to others it appears unnatural, and it is degraded by its association in the mind with fresh green paint. But to those who live in England, especially in Z49. 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 Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922. New York, E. P. Dutton
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