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the male, and has more brown about her plumage. 

 They are amusing birds to watch at play, flying up 

 and down, jerking their tails about and spreading 

 their wings in a curious manner, singing all the while. 

 The Stonechat has a black head, a spotted black and 

 white body, and brown wings ; the Whinchat, a broad 

 white streak across the sides of the head, and another 

 from the chin to the shoulder, and a mottled brown 

 plumage, and white and brown tail. 



The HEDGE ACCENTOR, HEDGE WARBLER, TIT- 

 LING, DUNNOCK, or SHUFFLE-WING (Accentor modu- 

 larius) is known by all these names in England, and 

 is, too, frequently called the Hedge Sparrow, although 

 it is not allied at all to the true Sparrows. It is one 

 of our most common birds, and is known throughout 

 Europe. Its song is low and sweet, but of very little 

 pretension ; it is continually moving its wings and tail 

 while singing, and is a persevering songster, singing 

 all the year round, except when moulting. It is a 

 very blithe, bold bird ; and as it is not at all particu- 

 lar about its food, eating insects, fruit, and seed in- 

 differently, it can easily be kept in an aviary, and may 

 be fed upon German paste, egg, bread, and seed, with 

 insects and fruit occasionally. It is, however, some- 

 times a quarrelsome bird. 



The WREN (Troglodytes vulgaris) is a delicate little 

 bird, and, although it remains with us through the 

 winter, it suffers much from cold, and many of the 



