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The sonorous song of this extraordinary bird startles the ear as it comes mingled with the hoarse tones of the torrent , or the rushing of the wintry waterfall , sometimes in the midst of a snow - storm . Mr. Rennie , who remarks that ...
The sonorous song of this extraordinary bird startles the ear as it comes mingled with the hoarse tones of the torrent , or the rushing of the wintry waterfall , sometimes in the midst of a snow - storm . Mr. Rennie , who remarks that ...
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The nest , which is begun in April , is generally placed in the fork of a tree , sometimes carefully concealed , but , at others , remarkably exposed : it presents externally a mass of coarse stems of plants , moss , withered grasses ...
The nest , which is begun in April , is generally placed in the fork of a tree , sometimes carefully concealed , but , at others , remarkably exposed : it presents externally a mass of coarse stems of plants , moss , withered grasses ...
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Fine grass stalks form the lining on which repose the four , five , or even six light - blue eggs , most frequently mottled with pale rufous brown , but sometimes spotless . The first hatch takes place about the end of March or ...
Fine grass stalks form the lining on which repose the four , five , or even six light - blue eggs , most frequently mottled with pale rufous brown , but sometimes spotless . The first hatch takes place about the end of March or ...
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It sometimes sings on a tree , but its favourite position for exerting its charming powers is in the air , and it may be known to the eye of those whose ear , unaccustomed to distinguish the song of birds , would not detect the ...
It sometimes sings on a tree , but its favourite position for exerting its charming powers is in the air , and it may be known to the eye of those whose ear , unaccustomed to distinguish the song of birds , would not detect the ...
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Again and again have they been seen crossing the sea , sometimes dropping into it to take a marine bath , and then pursuing their journey refreshed and exhilarated . The martin with his pure white lower back and under parts ...
Again and again have they been seen crossing the sea , sometimes dropping into it to take a marine bath , and then pursuing their journey refreshed and exhilarated . The martin with his pure white lower back and under parts ...
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