. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . IO u HI C5 ■P Plate YELLOWHAMMER. YELLOW-BREASTED BIRDS. 119 with yellow; tail dark brown, showing white on theouter feathers during flight. Resident. Eggs.—4-5, purplish-white, spotted and streakedas with pen-scrawllngs of purplish-brown over faintermarkings of violet-gray ; 85 x 63 inch (plate 126). Nest.—Of dry grass, lined with finer grass andhair, and placed among sheltering grass in banksand ditch-sides, also in low bushes and hedges. Distribution.—General. This bird is not only yellow-breasted, but when itis seen
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . IO u HI C5 ■P Plate YELLOWHAMMER. YELLOW-BREASTED BIRDS. 119 with yellow; tail dark brown, showing white on theouter feathers during flight. Resident. Eggs.—4-5, purplish-white, spotted and streakedas with pen-scrawllngs of purplish-brown over faintermarkings of violet-gray ; 85 x 63 inch (plate 126). Nest.—Of dry grass, lined with finer grass andhair, and placed among sheltering grass in banksand ditch-sides, also in low bushes and hedges. Distribution.—General. This bird is not only yellow-breasted, but when itis seen perching, the yellow head, neck, and underparts leave upon the observer the impression of abird generally yellow, with obscure it flies, however, the rich chestnut of the lowerback and the white of the outer tail-feathers comeclearly into view. These three features make theYellowhammer easy to identify. It has, moreover,a very distinctive song, Nyan-nyan-nyan-nyan-nyan-nyankee-e-e-e! all the syllables before thekee representing a series of uniform, quickly re-peate
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