. My birds in freedom & captivity. Birds. LONG-TAILED FINCHES (aUSTRALU) CHAPTER V NIGHTINGALES " Without further preamble, I will ask you to look to-day, more carefully than usual, at your well-known favourite, and. to think about him with some ; THE very name of the nightingale brings to one's mind the sweet visions of spring, when the earth is awakening from her sleep, quiver- ing into newness of life in the lengthening days of warmer sunshine, when oak and hazel-copses are car- peted with stretches of purple blue-bells, white ane- mones, and, in some of the more fav


. My birds in freedom & captivity. Birds. LONG-TAILED FINCHES (aUSTRALU) CHAPTER V NIGHTINGALES " Without further preamble, I will ask you to look to-day, more carefully than usual, at your well-known favourite, and. to think about him with some ; THE very name of the nightingale brings to one's mind the sweet visions of spring, when the earth is awakening from her sleep, quiver- ing into newness of life in the lengthening days of warmer sunshine, when oak and hazel-copses are car- peted with stretches of purple blue-bells, white ane- mones, and, in some of the more favoured spots, yellow daffodils. Here, where the primroses have all but given place to their other sisters of the woods and meadows, for their fragrant blossoms are fading out of sight, the summer migrants have again 73. 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 Astley, Hubert Delaval, 1860-. New York, Dutton


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