. 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 ... . tail, palebuff. The head and back, olive-brown, spotted withdark spots. The feathers of the wing and tail, dusky,edged with olive-brown ; the tail, when spread, is fan-shaped, the middle feathers being longest, those tow-ards the sides gradually shortening. This bird inhabits watery places, where sedges, rushes,and reeds, abound. It skulks, like the Grasshopper-Warbler, and is not often seen. It sings
. 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 ... . tail, palebuff. The head and back, olive-brown, spotted withdark spots. The feathers of the wing and tail, dusky,edged with olive-brown ; the tail, when spread, is fan-shaped, the middle feathers being longest, those tow-ards the sides gradually shortening. This bird inhabits watery places, where sedges, rushes,and reeds, abound. It skulks, like the Grasshopper-Warbler, and is not often seen. It sings by night; and,in some parts of Lancashire, is taken for the Nighting-gale. Its song is a mixture of that of other birds ; itspipe, loud and clear. It makes very pleasing melodyin summer, when The night is still, the air serene, Fannd by a southern breeze ;The glimmring moon may just be seen Reflecting thro the trees. The caterpillar of the admirable butterfly * figuredon the plate, feeds on nettles ; changes to a chrysalis inJuly, and to a butterfly in August; inhabits woods; and,on being disturbed or pursued, flies high, and alightsnear the tops of the trees. * Papilio Atalanta ^ ^%ff)<,rj,lf?^. il}w,iraltijiu}hyfjf.:»^l) /^juc^ ;2j_rumw. Ji^cii^nlu d^cm, iDGE. MA USA yo NEST AND EGGS OF THE WILLOW-LARK. PLATE LXX. The Sedge-Bird, or Willow-Lark, makes a prettyround nest, amongst sedges or rushes, beside still riversor ponds of water. The specimen before me is madeof moss and wool, bound about with the stalks ofplants and flowery panicles of grass. The middle coatconsists of wool, moss, and cows hair ; and the liningis a mixture of black and white hairs, with a few finefibres of roots intermixed. The eggs are five or six,of a dull olive-colour, and unspotted; but having some-times one or two black lines near the bi^ end. This o is a rare bird about Halifax, but plentiful in some partsof Lancashire, where it inhabits the borders of stillponds and marl-pits. The Wi
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