. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . .ARY<j S A 72 Clt»Kl1-4» NEST AND EGGS OF THE REED-WARBLER. PLATE LXXII. The nest I describe, was built in a low hazle-tree;the outside is composed of weeds and moss, woven to-gether with stalks of plants and blades of grass; themiddle coat is made of the same stuff, but softer andfiner; and the lining consists of willow down, andblack hairs. The whole is loosely wound about, notwith pack-thread, as
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . .ARY<j S A 72 Clt»Kl1-4» NEST AND EGGS OF THE REED-WARBLER. PLATE LXXII. The nest I describe, was built in a low hazle-tree;the outside is composed of weeds and moss, woven to-gether with stalks of plants and blades of grass; themiddle coat is made of the same stuff, but softer andfiner; and the lining consists of willow down, andblack hairs. The whole is loosely wound about, notwith pack-thread, as in Mr. Lightfoots nest, but withstout double-twined woollen yarn, such as the poorpeople make stockings of. Of several nests of this birdwhich I have seen, this is the only one where any kindof twined bandage was made use of. The eggs arefive or six in number; of a dusky white, spotted moreor less with dusky spots. The cock has a sweet song;his notes partake of those of the White-Throat, andthose of the Black-Cap; and are often repeated with ashaking of the wings and tail, while he is perched onsome low bush not far from the //t,)i ow:K;/^j yf^<^ MoUclli un^ from Nature ^Mhn. USA 73 ALAUDA TRIVIALIS, SysL Nat. 288. GRASSHOPPER-LARK, OR WARBLER, PLATE LXXIII. IN ot having a specimen of this bird in my possession,my figure on the plate was copied from a drawing, doneby my good friend Mr. Latham of Dartford, author ofthe General Synopsis of Birds, in 7 vols. 4to.; and theIndex Ornithologicus, in 2 vols.; the most completework on birds that has hitherto appeared in this or anyother language, whose description of the species undernotice I here subjoin. Size, small; length, between five and six inches :bill, dusky; between the bill and eyes, white; the colour of the upper parts of the body, greenish brown, each feather dusky in the middle. Under parts, yel- lowish white, with a dusky tinge on the breast; tail, wedge-shaped, rather long, the outer tips of t
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