Birds of Great Britain and Ireland (1907) (14568613919)

Identifier: birdsofgreatbrit01butl (find matches)

Title: Birds of Great Britain and Ireland

Year: 1907 (1900s)

Authors: Butler, Arthur Gardiner, 1844-1925 Grld, H. (Henrik), 1858-1940 Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946

Subjects: Passeriformes -- Great Britain Passeriformes -- Ireland Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Ireland

Publisher: Hull London : Brumby & Clarke

Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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abundant in suitable localities; breeding alsoin North Africa, Palestine and Asia Minor. Its north-eastern limit in Europeappears to be the valley of the Vistula; and in Russia it is confined to thesouthern provinces. The Nightingale visits Great Britain early in .\pril, but does not reach the A i^,^J^ .>

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The Nightingale. 57 more northern counties until later, it leaves us again in August and September;it has not been known to occur in Ireland, its occurrence in Scotland is doubtfuland in East Devon, Shropshire and South Yorkshire it is rare; its distributionis somewhat local, but in the woods of some of the southern counties it is veryabundant. The colouring of this species above is russet-brown, the tail-coverts andtail being chestnut reddi.sh. Below it is pale buff, greyish on the breast andflanks and brownish on the axillaries; under tail-coverts buff, deeper than onthe centre of throat and abdomen. Bill brown above, pale horn-colour below;feet brown ; iris hazel. The female has a broader crown and bill than the male, but resembles it incolouring. Nestlings are darker and have most of the feathers above spottedwith golden-brown ; below they are barred with gre3ash-brown. The Nightingale is a bird of the woods, its favourite haunts are copses,plantations, shrubberies and all timbere

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