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Title: Birds through the year
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Thomas, William Beach, Sir, 1868-1957 Collet, Anthony Keeling, 1877-
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Pictorial works
Publisher: London, Edinburgh, T.C. and E.C. Jack, ltd
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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f the ground ; and suchsites in London are perpetually exposed to the attacks bothof cats and rats. Robins are birds of woodland tastes,for all their familiarity with man, and cannot make them-selves at home among chimney-pots and paving-stones, asthe sparrows do. Hedge-sparrows are rather commoner thanrobins in the London parks ; and this seems due to theirhabit of nesting in thick bushes, which protect them betterfrom their four-footed enemies. From early autumn untilsummer, the sweetly piercing song of the robin can be heardsparingly in the more thickly grown portions of the Londonparks, and in some of the gardens and squares; but it is lessconstant, especially from January onwards, than the shrillerand more laboured ditty of the hedge-sparrow. Chaffinchesare no more than occasional visitors to central London ;though they are not uncommonly seen or heard among thepark trees, they are unlikely to be found in the same placenext day. Since they abound in almost every country district,
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BIRDS IN LONDON 337 and thrive in high-. j 1 h even the sparrows in London.But they are so fre? - : plumage and the their movements and::..:: ■: Lrr.dcr. grime. 7 the great and blue tits are common in many small ^s well as in the parks. Their sear; a them at home in a small plot, n small holes in trees or also among theIs to feedand grow attached to manygardens in this The see-saw call of the gre:.: I.:and the bluechime, are sure signs of sin London gardens, and maybe expected ir. (annary orearly February be: : t buh i - the song-thrush and: . e little grey cole tit, with fa stripe ; less common in central Londonthan towards the outer fringe. Besides the : - :t common visitors, ers can be seen from time totime ever. ir. the more central districts. The great oppor-for seein_ ; in the early morning in the parks, especially during the spring and autumn migrations. King-fishers, sandpipt- I ars. reed warblers, and many other(airly scarce or local species are frequently reported in this-

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