. Baby birds at home . but never stayslong in one place, fluttering in the air to catchsome passing insect, or descending to theground to pick up a grub. Its call-notesounds like u-tack and its short, soft, lowsong is frequently delivered on the wing. A good many Stonechats stay with us allthe year round. The nest is very difficult to find, and bothparent birds guard their secret by trying todecoy intruders away from its presence. Itis situated on or near the ground amongstheather, rough tangled grass, or at the footof a gorse bush, and is built of rootlets, drygrass and moss, with an inner li
. Baby birds at home . but never stayslong in one place, fluttering in the air to catchsome passing insect, or descending to theground to pick up a grub. Its call-notesounds like u-tack and its short, soft, lowsong is frequently delivered on the wing. A good many Stonechats stay with us allthe year round. The nest is very difficult to find, and bothparent birds guard their secret by trying todecoy intruders away from its presence. Itis situated on or near the ground amongstheather, rough tangled grass, or at the footof a gorse bush, and is built of rootlets, drygrass and moss, with an inner lining of hair,wool, or feathers. From four to six, or even seven, eggs arelaid. These are pale bluish green in colour,spotted round the larger end with reddishbrown. The young ones fledge before they are ableto fly very far, and sit about amongst thefurze bushes or heather, calling from differ-ent quarters to their parents for food, andthe old birds may be seen alighting first inone place and then another, with SKYLARKS. The Skylark POETS of all ages have loved the Skylark,and praised its wonderful song in manya pretty line. Its habits of rising early in themorning and singing whilst it mounts the airhave given writers of verse a great oppor-tunity of displaying their descriptive Scotland this bird is called the Lave-rock, and Burns, who had every chance, inhis early days, of making himself acquaintedwith its ways, wrote of it— The wakend laverock, warbling, springs,And climbs the early skyWinnowing blithe her dewy wingsIn mornings rosy eye. The Skylark is larger than any of thepipits found breeding in this country, andnot easily mistaken for its much rarer rela-tive the woodlark. The latter bird is smaller,has a much shorter tail, and a noticeablelight yellowish streak running over its eye. This favourite songster is common all over 69 70 Baby Birds at Home the British Islands during the spring andsummer, and in the winter its numbers areswollen by the arr
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