. Rural bird life : being essays on ornithology with instructions for preserving objects relating to that science . alldirections. In every possible attitude, like the Tits, theygain their purpose ; if alarmed, merely flitting buoyantlyaway, wheeling round in the air for a short time, to aeainalight on probably the same tree, where they at once setto work as before. In midwinter they visit the dry and O 194 RURAL BIRD LIFE. withered nettles, to feed on the tiny seeds. Clinging totlie stems, they gain their purpose, and the husks strew-ing the ground beneath tell us in silent language of theRed
. Rural bird life : being essays on ornithology with instructions for preserving objects relating to that science . alldirections. In every possible attitude, like the Tits, theygain their purpose ; if alarmed, merely flitting buoyantlyaway, wheeling round in the air for a short time, to aeainalight on probably the same tree, where they at once setto work as before. In midwinter they visit the dry and O 194 RURAL BIRD LIFE. withered nettles, to feed on the tiny seeds. Clinging totlie stems, they gain their purpose, and the husks strew-ing the ground beneath tell us in silent language of theRedpolls usefulness to man. When all the train ofchoristers that seeks our land in summer has left U3, andthe winter makes all things cold and cheerless, the Red-polls occur in much larger numbers. The far north,where they love to spend their summer, is now uninhabit-able, and they flock hither for food and safety. Atnight the evergreens ever verdant branches afford themwarmth and shelter from the biting winds, and it is justas the blood-red wintry sun is sinking through a sky ofleaden hue that they seek GOLDFINXH. THE GREENFINCH AND GOLDFINCH. The Greenfinch is another bird whose beauty is ofno mean order, its rich green and golden-yellow plumagebeing every bit as beautiful as many of the feathered^ems of southern climes. As cultivation and improve-ment advance, so too does the Greenfinch, and we findhim around the highly cultivated fields and in our gar-dens and pleasure grounds. But the place the Green-finch loves best to frequent is the shrubberies near manshabitation, where he can find warmth and safety in thewinter months, and where, when summer reigns, he canrear his brood in peace. He warbles occasionallythroughout the summer and autumn months, but wemust hear his performance in the mating season, whichtakes place in April, to form a correct idea of his musicalpowers. His song, it is true, is slightly monotonous, butvery sweet, portions of it being equally as plea
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