. Birds in town & village . iHwnHMiM^--. NIGHTINGALE. //le ntediciiic of its pitrr, _/V-t,sA nieloily. BIRDS IN A VILLAGE ii down to the fact that the nights were dark and theweather unsettled. But later, when the weathergrew warmer and there were brilliant moonlightnights, he was still a silent bird except by day. I was also a little surprised at his lameness. Onfirst coming to the village, when I ran after everynightingale I heard to get as near him as possible,I was occasionally led by the sound to a cottage, andin some instances I found the singer perched withinthree or four yards of an op
. Birds in town & village . iHwnHMiM^--. NIGHTINGALE. //le ntediciiic of its pitrr, _/V-t,sA nieloily. BIRDS IN A VILLAGE ii down to the fact that the nights were dark and theweather unsettled. But later, when the weathergrew warmer and there were brilliant moonlightnights, he was still a silent bird except by day. I was also a little surprised at his lameness. Onfirst coming to the village, when I ran after everynightingale I heard to get as near him as possible,I was occasionally led by the sound to a cottage, andin some instances I found the singer perched withinthree or four yards of an open window or door. Atmy own cottage, when the woman who waited on meshook the breakfast cloth at the front door, the birdthat came to pick up the crumbs was the nightingale,not the robin. When by chance he met a sparrowthere, he attacked and chased it away. It was afeast of nightingales. An elderly woman of tlievillage explained to me that the nightingales and othersmall birds were common and tame in the villagebecause no person distu
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