. Our native songsters . C669778183S6!3lOS11211.^lltf120129 ^lightingale . Blackcap . .^Garden Warbler^^Whltethroat^t/esser Whitethroat Wheatear/ StonechatI ^ WhinchatI • Redbreast;^ Redstart .VBIue-throatcd WarbUM Greater Titmousev^lue TitmousevMarsh Titmouse ., Cole Titmouse . .I Bearded Titmouse Long-tailed Titmou, Great Grey Shrike. Red-backed Shrike Woodchat . . Skylark Woodlark PACE to face 131. . 147 IGO IGi 171 174 178 184 201 207 210 . 213 . if>. 214 iO. ib. 21G ... 222 ... 225 .227 . 238 LIST OF ILATFii, AND DIRECTIONS FX)]l PLACING TDEM. PACE ^ Meadow Pipit . to fare 242 Tre


. Our native songsters . C669778183S6!3lOS11211.^lltf120129 ^lightingale . Blackcap . .^Garden Warbler^^Whltethroat^t/esser Whitethroat Wheatear/ StonechatI ^ WhinchatI • Redbreast;^ Redstart .VBIue-throatcd WarbUM Greater Titmousev^lue TitmousevMarsh Titmouse ., Cole Titmouse . .I Bearded Titmouse Long-tailed Titmou, Great Grey Shrike. Red-backed Shrike Woodchat . . Skylark Woodlark PACE to face 131. . 147 IGO IGi 171 174 178 184 201 207 210 . 213 . if>. 214 iO. ib. 21G ... 222 ... 225 .227 . 238 LIST OF ILATFii, AND DIRECTIONS FX)]l PLACING TDEM. PACE ^ Meadow Pipit . to fare 242 Tree Pipit . IMS ^Rock Pipit . .47 -Richards Pipit 250 -Yellow Uuntiii); rT,. Com BuntinK ■>:,\ « Reed BuntinK ill. *- CIrl BuntinK LiS t Lapland Buntini :i6 » Snow BuntinK • A. Sparrow . 258 * Tree Sparrow t. .Goldfinch • SUkin . 27.) BramblingChafTinrhLinnet Mountain LiniutLesser RcdpolcMealy Linnit(Jn-en FintliHawfinchCrotitbill . .Bull FinchSwallow .MartinSand MartinSwift . PACil lo face 2Sn .MS. OUK NATIVE SONGSTERS. ClIAPTKIl —dlackbirdss—fikldfare—redwing— GOLDKN ORIOLE. All untnrc is full of music. Gentle winds whis-jKT it as they rustle throii^^h the summer leaves;and the autumnal pralc wakens loudtT and wildermelodies as it iKiwsdown the branches of the foresttrees. The tricklinj^ waterfall and the patteringrain-drops arc musical ; and ri])pling streams anddashing: waves send forth sweet or ^^rand inanimate nature seems pourini^ forth its anthemfrom earth to heaven. Hut if tliis is the ease with rinwin;^ waters andcareering winds, how is it more esj>ecially so witliutterances which convey the inward feeling. Howmu-^ical are the tones of the human voice, notalone when expressed in song, but when used to B 2 OUR NATIVE SONGSTERS. tell of gentle emotion, to soothe or to persuade ;or when, raised into powerful energy, tliey flowin torrents of eloquence. And the singing ofbirds, how sweet is it to the listening ear! Thesejoyous


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