. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . s of the trees, on which account it comes more readilywithin the range of our observation. It may frequently beseen by river sides, especially in autumn, sporting amongthe osiers and willows that overhang their banks: these locali-ties it appears much to delight in, probably on account of theplentiful supply of insect-food that is to be found near run-ning water. This species is not, however, confined either towillows or their neighbourhood, as its sweet song may beheard in woods, groves, underwood, and hedgerows, on plainsor hills in
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . s of the trees, on which account it comes more readilywithin the range of our observation. It may frequently beseen by river sides, especially in autumn, sporting amongthe osiers and willows that overhang their banks: these locali-ties it appears much to delight in, probably on account of theplentiful supply of insect-food that is to be found near run-ning water. This species is not, however, confined either towillows or their neighbourhood, as its sweet song may beheard in woods, groves, underwood, and hedgerows, on plainsor hills indifferently. The familiarity, or disregard of thehuman race, to be observed in this species, is remarkable: wehave often seen it approach within a few feet of us whenno attempt was made on our part at concealment. On suchoccasions we have observed it running up and down thestems and branches of the trees, as if in search of insects,and flitting from one to another, singing the whole time its verylovely song. This little species has been termed the Liquid-. WILLOW WREN. 137 noted Willow Wren: its voice is, in our opinion, one of thesweetest among birds ; in fact, in the quality of its tonesit cannot be surpassed. Although of such diminutive size,this little bird sings as loud as the redbreast, and apparentlywith great ease, and without raising its feathers or swellingits throat perceptibly. Its song consists of fourteen or fifteensyllables, and is comprised within the compass of about fivewhole notes of music. It commences with the highest andgradually descends, repeating each note several times. Itsvoice is clear, full, sweet, and flutelike ; but it appears in-capable of varying its song, as it is always to be heard in thesame form. To the curious in these things, the followingrepresentation may be acceptable; the song begins hurriedlyand ends very slowly ; it seems to express, Dididide, deaydeay, duay duay duay, deay deay, duay, deda deda daa da ! When captured, this little sp
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