. British birds in their haunts. Birds. 130 SYLVIADiE. curious antics and singiug all the while. Its short flight completed, it descends to the same or an adjoining twig ; and so it seems to spend its days. From its habit of creeping through the lower parts of hedges, it has received the popular name of "; From the grey tone of its plumage, it is in some districts of France called '"'â Grisette'' and in others, from its continuons souu'.. THK WHlTKillKOAT. ''Bahillarde,^' names, however, -which are popularly applied without distinction to this species and the next
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. 130 SYLVIADiE. curious antics and singiug all the while. Its short flight completed, it descends to the same or an adjoining twig ; and so it seems to spend its days. From its habit of creeping through the lower parts of hedges, it has received the popular name of "; From the grey tone of its plumage, it is in some districts of France called '"'â Grisette'' and in others, from its continuons souu'.. THK WHlTKillKOAT. ''Bahillarde,^' names, however, -which are popularly applied without distinction to this species and the next. "While singing it keeps the feathers of its head erected, resembling in this respect the Blackcap and several of the other warblers. Though not naturally a nocturnal musician, it does not, like most other birds, when disturbed at night, quietly steal away to another place of shelter, but bursts into repeated snatches of song, into which there seems to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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