NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



THE NIGHTINGALE. 



The Nightingale 

 measures a little 

 over six inches in 

 length, and is of a 

 uniform tawny- 

 brown on its upper 

 parts, except in the 

 case of the tail 

 coverts and quills, 

 which are of a rusty- 

 red tinge, conspicu- 

 ously seen when the 

 bird is flying away 

 from the observer. Chin, throat, and 

 all under parts greyish-white tinged with 

 brown on the breast and reddish on the 

 under tail coverts. 



This thrice-welcome migrant arri^'es 

 upon our shores in April, and leaves again 

 in August. It is peculiarly limited in 

 its breeding area, which extends no 

 farther west than the Valley of the Exe 

 and only to York in a northerly direc- 

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