THE WARBLERS. 



Whentoar. 



Nightingale. 



The Robin, the famous Robin Redbreast of ballad and song celebrity, is different from the American 

 Robin, being smaller, and more familiar in its habits. 



The Whitethroat is a migratory bird, visiting Europe in the summer. 

 Its musical powers are not remarkable. 



It is about five inches and a half 



in length 



The Wheatear is a bird well known throughout Europe, as well as in the northern parts of Asia. It is 

 about five inches and a half long. It is found in mountainous and stony districts. During its migrations 

 it will perch in fields upon isolated stumps, boundary stones, and other elevated spots. It is rarely seen in 

 bushes or upon trees. It leaves during the first half of September, and returns during the first half or 

 about the middle of April, when the night frosts have ceased. When wild it feeds upon all kinds of 

 beetles and flies, which it catches as they run along. In captivity it must immediately have a quantity of 

 ants' eggs and meal-worms. It usually dies of dysentery, and, what is most singular, even when it has not 

 tasted the house food. It may subsequently be fed upon Nightingale food, and also occasionally upon roll 

 steeped in milk. It can be preserved thus for a couple of years. It must be placed in a Nightingale cage, 

 or in a large breeding cage. It may also be allowed to run freely about, but not before it has been accus- 

 tomed to confinement, for if not well fed at first it usually dies. It can rarely be tamed. 



Goldfinch. 



Lark. 



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