Identifier: picturesofbirdli00lodg (find matches)
Title: Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Lodge, R. B
Subjects: Birds -- Pictorial works
Publisher: London : S. H. Bousfield
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Nest of Swallow (^Hirundo nistiai). spring. Tliis ))ird is a frequent, if unwilling, host for theCuckoos eggs. For two years I have attempted, by im-covering all the Hedge-sparrows nests I could find, to inducea Cuckoo to lay, but so far without success. These birdsperhaps prefer to find nests for themselves. Five species of Titmice are represented on my list— 92 Pictures of Bird Life the Great Tit, the Bhie Tit, the Coal-tit, the Marsh-tit, andthe I^ong-tailed Tit. The first four I have fre(;iiently seen in my smallgarden in the autumn. They are all very fond of sun-flower seeds, and are very quiek to find out where they aregrown. I have often been interested in watehing them fiy straight to my sunflowers, one after the other, to feast on the ripe seed s.
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HOUSE-MARTIX (IJiniiido urbica)AND Nest, the droop-ing flower-heads, theyextract a seedwith infinite quiekness and dexterity.As a rule they will Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 93 Hy off Avitli each one. and return ):)resently for another ; butsometimes I liave seen them eat one on the fenee. (xraspin^-the seed witli one foot, they hannner it witli the beak twoor tliree times very quiekly, and soon oet at the nuttykernel. In the winter we fasten bacon-rind to a tree fortheir benefit. They soon find out and \isit reo-uhuly anytitbit put out for them, such as fat, eoeoa-nut, a bone, ora hmi)) of suet. Both (xreat Tits and Bhie Tits are well known to befond of eurious nestino-sites ; many of the lamp-posts aroundare regularly used by them, and I have seen pumps and gate-posts also used. On one occasion T was just in time torescue a pair of JNIarsh-tits which had been caught by twoboys from their nest in a hollow gate-post. They weregoing to kill them, till I persuaded them to releas

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