Identifier: babybirdsathomebb00kear (find matches)
Title: Baby birds at home
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Behavior Birds -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and company, ltd.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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many parts of the country it is knownas the Dunnock. The nest is made of slender twigs, rootlets,dead grass and moss; the inside being neatlylined with pieces of wool, hair, feathers, anddown. Slender twigs are only used sparinglyfor the foundations, and are sometimes absentaltogether. It is a very pretty sight towatch a Hedge Sparrow lining her nest.She places each piece of hair or down whereshe intends it to stay, and then twirlinground and round presses her breast againstthe inside of the structure, thus giving thelining a smooth felt-like appearance. The eggs are of a beautiful turquoise bluecolour and number from four to six. Baby Hedge Accentors grow very quickly,and when they leave the nest scatter and telltheir parents where to find them with foodby constantly calling in low sweet notes.The chicks shown in the accompanying illus-tration belonged to a second brood rearedin the same nest, and only fledged when theapples in the writers orchard were quitelarge at the end of July.
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The Willow Grouse THE Willow Grouse or Ripa is not foundin the British Islands, although it in-habits the northern portions of both the Oldand the New World. Many people considerthat our red grouse is only a local represen-tative of this species and that it does not turnwhite in winter because our mild open climaterenders such a change in the colour of itsplumage unnecessary. Although the summer plumage of theRipa is very similar to that of the red grouse,the flight feathers are always white and makethe bird look very conspicuous when it risesand flies away from the observer. In winterthe whole of its feathers become pure whiteexcepting the outer tail quills, which, curi-ously enough, remain black. The call notes are exactly like those ofthe red grouse, and if you heard them, withyour eyes closed, you might easily imagineyourself on a Scottish moor. 55 56 Baby Birds at Home The Willow Grouse is found where birchand willow trees grow amongst heather andjuniper. In Norway it inhabits th

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