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A concise, popular guide to British songbirds that provides species-by-species accounts of appearance, haunts, breeding habits, nests and eggs, songs and call-notes, and seasonal movements. Illustrated with field photographs, the chapters stress distinguishing features and vocal differences to help readers identify birds by sight and sound, and note individual and regional variation in song. The text examines curious behaviours such as night singing, mimicry, migration timing, and parental roles, poses unresolved questions about why and when birds sing, and encourages close observation and amateur study to uncover further natural-history details.
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged.
One footnote was moved to the end of the chapter. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added.