. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . es sings from stone walls. I have seen it crouching on a wall,singing vigorously. The song is repeated every few seconds, amonotonous jingle, which, after two or three preliminary notes, chi, chi, chi, resembles, as Mr. Aplin happily points out, thesound of a bunch of keys vigorously shaken. When approachedit flies with heavy flight for a few yards, its legs danglingloosely, and settles again to sing. It sings early and late in theseason ; I have notes of birds beginning the spring song inDecember, and of others still jingling in October. The c
. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . es sings from stone walls. I have seen it crouching on a wall,singing vigorously. The song is repeated every few seconds, amonotonous jingle, which, after two or three preliminary notes, chi, chi, chi, resembles, as Mr. Aplin happily points out, thesound of a bunch of keys vigorously shaken. When approachedit flies with heavy flight for a few yards, its legs danglingloosely, and settles again to sing. It sings early and late in theseason ; I have notes of birds beginning the spring song inDecember, and of others still jingling in October. The call-note is a loud chuk, but difficult to express by any combina-tion of letters. In winter it flocks and roams, and many areasare deserted through migration. I have seen a flock ofimmigrants arriving early in May, though residents were singingeverywhere ; they were probably birds of passage. Grain andseeds are eaten in winter, but insects are devoured in spring andsummer. Although the male advertises the existence of a nest in his Tjrp^: %%:■. m
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