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or patch of herbage, in which it either s e c r e t e . . th<! tail being seen,
to a distance, but not far enough to preve P Wheatears. Mr. Wolf, who accompanied
or the upright position of the male—in I uc i resem accidentally discovered some
me to the celebrated Snee Hmtteu range H H me, who had
young birds which were just forward enough to hop out of the nc P M | j | j |
L e r before seen the bird a t this age in a state of nature. r f tHs species, that
■ 9 f bthe and markings of both being precisely similar;
b b m m m h ■ i 1 1 I and in the bill also being a trifle longer, m the young of the present spec ^ ^ ^ by
The nest we did not find; hut it is stated to e cup-s a ^ , an ^ ^ —.„rtmiity of becoming acquainted
the side of a stone or at the foot of a tree. o \ g y account published
with this part of the bird's economy from personal LaPland, several degrees
by Mr Wheelwright, from notes made by him in the district o Q
B B M M l l l B i B B M W M up a t once to the flat swampy
meadows'at the foot of and between the fells. Here, a m o n g H H
you may see the female creeping from branch to branch like a f f i g a S S louder than that of
mMmmBSm — 1 of this Warbler J certainly more aquatic than those M B M W l i i
mav mention that on the 3 rd of August, 1 8 6 3 ,1 shot a female while beating a meadow m Wernland for Doulde
e ■ >7 what T saw of the bird in Norway, I should have inferred that it is not a frequenter of the
drier part.™” the countries it inhabits, and that arable lands do not tempt it to exhibit its blue throat for the
of insect food, are also situations it affects. , , W B W
I As autumn approaches, it leaves its breeding-grounds as suddenly as it appeared m spring; but whither
it goes as whence it came, is equally unknown. Any one of my readers who g attached to the study o
birds and can brave the keen air of the Dovre, would do well to proceed thither, S M B « ! » !
with the bird in a state of nature, and furnish us with the result of his observations At Hjerk.n he will
find a comfortable hospice, and every attention from the kind-hearted people of g M — j the
Mr. Alfred Newton tells me that in Lapland, towards the close of the summer tins species ¡ j g j g j j § g |g
' immediate neighbourhood of houses and barns, showing as much famd.ar.ty with mankind at
the year as the Redbreast constantly, does. * * „ r . . H9R |
On referring to my - Journal in Norway,’ I find the following n o t e H A »<™P“ M B M I 1
the breeding-season is the bright yellow colouring of the gape, which offers a strong constrast to the black
1 hd. and the blue of the breast t in the female the same part and the basal half of the bill ,s dull orange,
while in the young it is of a pulpy white, except at the extreme base where it is yellow.
The Plate represents the two sexes, of the natural size, with one of the most interesting of on, bog-plants,
the Parnassia palustris.