The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 81
... starling comes from his favourite ledge . Day by day it is heard more and more , till , when the first green ... starlings consider it their own particular possession . They alight with a sort of half - scream half - whistle just ...
... starling comes from his favourite ledge . Day by day it is heard more and more , till , when the first green ... starlings consider it their own particular possession . They alight with a sort of half - scream half - whistle just ...
Page 82
... starlings were frequently at this ledge last autumn , very late in autumn , and I suspect they had a winter brood there . The starling does rear a brood sometimes in the midst of the winter , contrary as that may seem to our general ...
... starlings were frequently at this ledge last autumn , very late in autumn , and I suspect they had a winter brood there . The starling does rear a brood sometimes in the midst of the winter , contrary as that may seem to our general ...
Page 83
... starlings whistling , and the chaffinches ' " chink , chink " about eight o'clock , or earlier , in the morning : the first two on the roof ; the latter , which is not a roof - bird , in some garden shrubs . As the spring advances , the ...
... starlings whistling , and the chaffinches ' " chink , chink " about eight o'clock , or earlier , in the morning : the first two on the roof ; the latter , which is not a roof - bird , in some garden shrubs . As the spring advances , the ...
Page 84
... starlings . At this time they desert the roofs , except those who still have nesting duties . In winter and in the beginning of the new year , they gradually return ; migration thus goes on under the eyes of those who care to notice it ...
... starlings . At this time they desert the roofs , except those who still have nesting duties . In winter and in the beginning of the new year , they gradually return ; migration thus goes on under the eyes of those who care to notice it ...
Page 85
... starlings nor sparrows , seem to like the dark . Under the roof , between it and the first ceiling , there is a large open space ; if the slates or tiles are kept in good order , very little light enters , and this space is nearly dark ...
... starlings nor sparrows , seem to like the dark . Under the roof , between it and the first ceiling , there is a large open space ; if the slates or tiles are kept in good order , very little light enters , and this space is nearly dark ...
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