. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. Langs edition of Perraults Vuiitcs (1887). BIlK-IXll i> the Knglish popular name of thecoiiiiiioii wiltl iiyucinth [S-ilhi nutiois : see S(^iiLL,HVACINTJI). The • blueliells so familiar alike intlie everyday rural assiKialions and in the poeticliterature of Scotland are the llowers of Campanulanitiindifulia, commonly called Harebell in Eng-lanil ( >ef CAMIAM LA, HAHKI5KLI-). ItliKhird. Hmk Wakiu^kk, Rmk Red- mjKAsr, tir HolMN ( Si/lfia or Sialia sinlis),an American binl, which, from the contidence andfamiliarity it i
. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. Langs edition of Perraults Vuiitcs (1887). BIlK-IXll i> the Knglish popular name of thecoiiiiiioii wiltl iiyucinth [S-ilhi nutiois : see S(^iiLL,HVACINTJI). The • blueliells so familiar alike intlie everyday rural assiKialions and in the poeticliterature of Scotland are the llowers of Campanulanitiindifulia, commonly called Harebell in Eng-lanil ( >ef CAMIAM LA, HAHKI5KLI-). ItliKhird. Hmk Wakiu^kk, Rmk Red- mjKAsr, tir HolMN ( Si/lfia or Sialia sinlis),an American binl, which, from the contidence andfamiliarity it ilisplays in ai)]iroacliing the habita-tipearing early, how-ever, as a harbinger of sjiring, and visiting again the box in the garden, or the hole in the old apple-tree, the cradle of .some generations of Bluebird (Sylvia sialU). Their .soft agreeable note strikes one of the hourson the living timepiece of the , and hasbeen l>eautifully called by Burroughs the violet ofsound. They are celebrated in American poetry;thus Lowell sjieaks of The bluebinJ, shiftinR his light loa<l of songFrom post to post almig tho clieerloss fence. Few American farmers fail to provide a l)ox fortheir nest. In size the bluebird rather exceeds , which, however, it much resembles ingeneral ajjpearance. Its fofxl is also similar. Theiippi-r parts of the bird are of a rich sky-blue colour,the throat and breast are reddish chestnut, and thebelly white. The female is duller in coloui-s thanthe male. It lays live or six pale-blue eggs, andlijvs two or three broods in the season. The male isremarkaiily attentive to his mate, and both exhibitextraordinary courage in driving away intrudersfrf)m the vicinity of their nest. A hen, with herbrood, hius been seen to flee from the attacks of an en
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