Nature's carol singers

by Richard Kearton

A NIGHTINGALE AND ITS MATE.

NATURE’S
CAROL SINGERS

BY
RICHARD KEARTON, F.Z.S.
Author of “Wild Nature’s Ways,” “The Adventures of Cock Robin and His Mate,” etc. etc.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
DIRECT FROM NATURE BY
Cherry and Richard Kearton

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND
MELBOURNE. MCMVI
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PREFACE.

Their plumage dazzles not, but yet can sweeter strains be heard?

Let other feathers vaunt the dyes of deepest rainbow flush,

Give me old England’s nightingale, its robin and its thrush.  Cook.

Despite the fact that we live in a small and thickly populated country, we are singularly rich in song birds, thanks to our numerous old furze-clad commons, game preserves, and a healthy sentiment in the great majority of rich and poor alike towards the wee, feathered carol-singers that make grove and hillside ring with their sweet, happy music.