Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, ltd. · leaf 36
rom four to eight,are white, spotted with pale rusty-brown. Baby Willow Wrens are very tiny andfrail when they emerge from the egg-shells,but grow very rapidly. They have, how-ever, many enemies. Not long ago thewriter saw a Willow Wren hovering, justlike a humming-bird, over the grass whereinshe… … MERLINS. The Merlin THE Merlin is the smallest member ofthe Falcon family found breeding inthe British Islands. The male bird onlymeasures some ten inches in length and istherefore an inch shorter than the misselthrush. The female Merlin is somewhatlarger than the last-named bird. The Blue Hawk, or…
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