. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL and cranny for some lurking morsel of insect life. It is strange how such an in- nocent and al- together praise- worthy little bird should have come to occupy such an unen- \dable position in bird folk- lore. The com- mon names of this species in most European languages as- sign kingly dig- nity to it, and it obtained kingship of all the birds bj^ a mean kind of trick. A parlia- ment of birds agreed that the one that could fl y highest WREN'S NEST AMONGST IVY GROWING ON THE TRUNK OF A Please note that these images are extracted f
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. NATURE'S CAROL and cranny for some lurking morsel of insect life. It is strange how such an in- nocent and al- together praise- worthy little bird should have come to occupy such an unen- \dable position in bird folk- lore. The com- mon names of this species in most European languages as- sign kingly dig- nity to it, and it obtained kingship of all the birds bj^ a mean kind of trick. A parlia- ment of birds agreed that the one that could fl y highest WREN'S NEST AMONGST IVY GROWING ON THE TRUNK OF A 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 Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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