. An illustrated manual of British birds . an see no reason for supposingthe bird to be more of a mocker than the Song-Thrush or the Night-ingale. When the nest is approached a soft pi-ti-u-y is uttered ;the alarm-note being an angry tek, tek, fek. The food of the IcterineWarbler is principally insects and small snails, -but in summer andautumn fruit and berries are freely consumed. The adult male in spring has the lores and a streak over the eyeyellow ; upper parts greyish-olive ; quills brown, broadly marginedand tipped with bufiish-white on the secondaries ; tail brown, slightlytipped with
. An illustrated manual of British birds . an see no reason for supposingthe bird to be more of a mocker than the Song-Thrush or the Night-ingale. When the nest is approached a soft pi-ti-u-y is uttered ;the alarm-note being an angry tek, tek, fek. The food of the IcterineWarbler is principally insects and small snails, -but in summer andautumn fruit and berries are freely consumed. The adult male in spring has the lores and a streak over the eyeyellow ; upper parts greyish-olive ; quills brown, broadly marginedand tipped with bufiish-white on the secondaries ; tail brown, slightlytipped with buff; under parts lemon-yellow; bill, brown above,yellowish below ; legs and feet slate-brown. Length 5 in. ; wing3*1 in. The female is a trifle paler ; the young browner, with widerpale margins to the wing-feathers. Its western representative H. polyglotta is decidedly smaller, thewing measuring only 2*5 in. ; the inner wing-feathers have muchnarrower, and indeed hardly any, pale margins; and the bastardprimary is larger. SYLVIIN.^^.. 71. THE REED-WARBLER. ACROCEPHALUS STREPERUS (Vieillot). The Reed-Warbler arrives in England regularly in the latter partof April; and from that time until September it is common in most,but not all, the localities apparently suited to its habits, in thesouthern, midland, and eastern districts. In the extreme south-westit is rare, seldom visiting Cornwall or the Scilly Islands; but inWales it is fairly common, at least as far west as Breconshire, andespecially about Llangorse Lake, where there is abundance of reeds(Phillips). It is plentiful in such situations in Cheshire (Nicholson);but in Lancashire, where suitable spots are few, it is naturallylocal, and in Cumberland it is rare. In Yorkshire it breeds as farnorth as the vicinity of Ripon, and also near Leeds, while at Horn-sea Mere, in the East Riding, it is abundant. Mr. R. Fortuneasserts that he has found its nest and eggs at Ravensvvorth on theDurham side of the Tyne. In Eastern Scotland i
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