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Title: A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge

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f it, communicated toSir Joseph Banks, was read before the Royal Society, andprinted in the^r Transactions for the year 1785. Now, however,it is plentifully known, though somewhat locally in manyparts. In Yorkshire it is tolerably common in some districts;among others, near Thirsk and Huddersfield, and has beenmet with near Ripon. It builds in the gardens of WorcesterCollege, Oxford, as James Dalton, Esq. has informed me.In the counties of Essex, near Epping; in Surrey, on theAbbey River; and in Kent, about Romney Marsh and Sandwich.In Suffolk, near Sudbury; Staffordshire, near Tutbury; inNorfolk, near Yarmouth; in Nottinghamshire; Staffordshire,by the Trent; Sussex, near Arundel; Northamptonshire;Derbyshire, near Melbourne, and other parts; Oxfordshire,and near London. In Devonshire it is considered rare; alsoin Cornwall. In Ireland Mr. Templeton saw one near Belfast; andRobert J. Montgomery, Esq., of The Manor House, Raheny,near Dublin, shot one there on the 21st. of December, 1843.
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EEED WaEBLEE. 79 Misrratory in its habits, it arrives here generally the endof April or the beginning of the month of May, and leavesus again about the commencement of September. I have been favoured by J. G. Bonney, Esq., of Kugeley,Staifbi-dshire, with a full account of the habits of this bird.Wherever it. does occur it is found in that part of Englandin great abundance. It is rather shy, and loves to ensconceitself among reeds, where, eschewing the advice so ofteninculcated in early life on another species, it is for the mostpart heard but not seen. It is almost continually on themove, running rapidly up and down the tall stems, andhopping about from one to another w^th great agility. Itfrequents places where such trees and plants as willows, reeds,and rushes abound. It may be kept in confinement, and in that state hasbeen heard by Mr. Sweet to sing occasionally all the winter.Mr. Meyer has known it build close to the town of Chertsey. Its food consists of various water insects and

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