. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. I THE NIGHTINGALE. (Philomela luscinia.) N common with one or two allied species, the Nightingale differs so materially in structure and habits from the garden or fruit- eating warblers {Sylvia), with which it has been generally associated, that most naturalists now- adays are agreed in regarding it as the type of a separate genus {Philomela). For want of a better English name, and as indicating their haunt, the members of this genus may be called " thicket warblers," As rega
. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. I THE NIGHTINGALE. (Philomela luscinia.) N common with one or two allied species, the Nightingale differs so materially in structure and habits from the garden or fruit- eating warblers {Sylvia), with which it has been generally associated, that most naturalists now- adays are agreed in regarding it as the type of a separate genus {Philomela). For want of a better English name, and as indicating their haunt, the members of this genus may be called " thicket warblers," As regards structure,. 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 Harting, James Edmund 1841-; Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. London, S. Sonnenschein & co.
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