. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. 12>2 Up in the Morning Early. little things: perhaps, indeed, the most self-conscious and sympathetic of all birds, outside certain very sensi- tive chamber birds. As we enter our little gate, we hear the hum of innumerable bees in the immemorial limes, in the honeysuckle, in the hedges, and in the wild roses and clematis. Butterflies soon follow, some of them of the most lovely colours, giving full assur- ance of the summer. And so we close our morning ramble of fully two hours—not having met or seen a human
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. 12>2 Up in the Morning Early. little things: perhaps, indeed, the most self-conscious and sympathetic of all birds, outside certain very sensi- tive chamber birds. As we enter our little gate, we hear the hum of innumerable bees in the immemorial limes, in the honeysuckle, in the hedges, and in the wild roses and clematis. Butterflies soon follow, some of them of the most lovely colours, giving full assur- ance of the summer. And so we close our morning ramble of fully two hours—not having met or seen a human being. The sun is now advancing up his skyey path, and we are concerned only with sunrise. We have seen what delights both ear and eye, but also something to give pain, and pause, and to promote reflection— the tragedy of nature, and the. manner in which man so often selfishly or thoughtlessly adds to it. But before we end our account of our ramble we should like to add a few lines about one point respect- ing Mr. Cuckoo and 1 his family which is wrapped in doubt. Do the young birds, when they are fledged, learn the call-note of the foster-parents or of their real parents, deserting absolutely the former at this CUCKOO. r , stage, alter having got their earlier upbringing out of them ? This query is suggested by the fact that, on this early morning walk of mine, I heard no fewer than four distinctly different cuckoo calls, (i) The ordinary cuckoo call;. 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 Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay), 1839-1905. New York, Macmillan & Co.
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