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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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ture,and that is what no man living can say of himself. An inhabitant of the \vildest wood and the gayest garden,the most frequented road, and the most retired lane, thehedge of the pasture field, and the neighbou.rhood of every€Ountry-house, the Robin is an acquaintance of both old andyoung, and to each and every one he seems like an old friend. As you walk along the liedgerow side at almost any seasonof the year, it may be, nescio quid meditans nugarumi, yourwandering thought is for the m.oment arrested by the sightof a Redbreast perched on one of the topmost sprays, orby the sound of the pretty note that its owner w^arblesbefore you: you cannot help but stop a moment, and speaka word to the well-knowai bird, as if to an old acquaintance;and you almost fancy from his winsome attitude, the attentionhe seems to pay, and the quietness with which he remains,that he understands, if not your language, yet the purportof it, and is aware that you are a friend who will not hurtor harm him.
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REDBREAST. 15 It is a constant resident throughout the year in all themore temperate and warmer parts of Europe—Saxony, Spain,Italy, and Holland; visiting Denmark, Xorway, and Sweden,in the summer. In the northern parts of Africa, it is alsoknown. In Asia, H. E. Strickland, Esq. has seen it in AsiaMinor; and Keith Abbot, Esq. in Persia. With us it is universally distributed in the three kin^doms;and even in the depth of the most lonely wood you aresometimes almost startled by the suddenness with which anunexpected Robin will make his appearance on some neigh-bouring branch. In Shetland it occasionally occurs, and inOrkney, though not very numerous, it is seen throughoutthe year; and also even in the bare islands of the outerHebrides. The Eedbreast remains with us throuo^hout the year, unlessin^eed it be a contradiction of this statement, that some aresupposed to migrate hither from more northern parts in thewinter: they are believed to perform their migrations sino-ly.In summer they

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