. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE GOLDFINCH. of other species heard from theh places of captivity. The poets have not given the bird a great deal of attention, but our photo- graph of a nest and eggs proves that Grahanie was a good observer, else he could not have penned the following lines : " Sometimes suspended at the limber end Of planetrce spray, among the broad-leav'd shoots Tlie tiny hammock swings to every ; The call notes have been written down as ziflM or tisfiit, twee-eet or twit, oft re- peated, and gilt uttered Please note that these images are extracte
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE GOLDFINCH. of other species heard from theh places of captivity. The poets have not given the bird a great deal of attention, but our photo- graph of a nest and eggs proves that Grahanie was a good observer, else he could not have penned the following lines : " Sometimes suspended at the limber end Of planetrce spray, among the broad-leav'd shoots Tlie tiny hammock swings to every ; The call notes have been written down as ziflM or tisfiit, twee-eet or twit, oft re- peated, and gilt uttered 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 Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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