. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . search for their inseCt-food. They areat such times frequent companions of the Long-TailedTits, who have a similar call-note—■ Zee ! The Gold-crest does not cock its tail like the Common Wren,but has the habit of pufEng out its plumage anddrooping its wings at its sides. Its size, colours, andthe distribution of the colours are such as to givethe bird a peculiarly moth-like appearance, especiallywhen seen fluttering to support itself as it seeksto cling to the trunk of a tree while examiningthe bark. DARTPORD WARBLER, or PURZ
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . search for their inseCt-food. They areat such times frequent companions of the Long-TailedTits, who have a similar call-note—■ Zee ! The Gold-crest does not cock its tail like the Common Wren,but has the habit of pufEng out its plumage anddrooping its wings at its sides. Its size, colours, andthe distribution of the colours are such as to givethe bird a peculiarly moth-like appearance, especiallywhen seen fluttering to support itself as it seeksto cling to the trunk of a tree while examiningthe bark. DARTPORD WARBLER, or PURZE-WREN.— Plate 63. Length, 5 inches, of which 2^ inches aretail. Upper parts blackish-brown; chin, throat, andbreast chestnut; belly white; tail graduated, withwhite edges to the outside feathers; bill dark andsharp ; feet pale brown. Resident. Eggs.—4—5, greenish-white, closely spotted withbrown over paler brown and gray; -68 x5 inch(plate 126). Nest.—Of dead grass-stems and soft furze-shootsand. wool, lined with finer grass-stems, and placed M CO UIEC Q mI-w111 DC o z 111 Q _1O CO(O aa.
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