. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ter delicacy in the shapeof the v^^ell-known plovers eggs. The pretty little long-tailed bird shown in the accompanying illustration RefcTungf ^^ pliotograph by Mr. C. N. Mavroyeni, of Smyrna) is the hen of the Bearded Eeedling (Panurus bia7-micus), often incorrectly called the Bearded Tit. The photograph gives a good general idea of the bird, but unavoidably fails to do justice to its colour, which is of a beautiful warm buff over most of the plumage. The male bird is distinguished by a Preneh-grey headand a pair oflong bla
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ter delicacy in the shapeof the v^^ell-known plovers eggs. The pretty little long-tailed bird shown in the accompanying illustration RefcTungf ^^ pliotograph by Mr. C. N. Mavroyeni, of Smyrna) is the hen of the Bearded Eeedling (Panurus bia7-micus), often incorrectly called the Bearded Tit. The photograph gives a good general idea of the bird, but unavoidably fails to do justice to its colour, which is of a beautiful warm buff over most of the plumage. The male bird is distinguished by a Preneh-grey headand a pair oflong blacktufts at thecorners ofthe mouth,ludicrouslylike mous-taches. Theyoung cocksnaturallyenough startlife withoutthese reed-ling is nota migra-tory bird,but has awide range,being foundthrong hmost ofEurope, andas far asCentralAsia. Itinhabitsin a r s h e s,climbingactivelyamong thereeds, andfeeding ontheir seedsand on smallinsects andsnails. Itbuilds anopen cup-shaped nestof grasslined withreed flowers,and the eggsare creamy-white YOUNG LAPWING.
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