...lands and moist meadows. Linnœus, several times, in his tour in Lapland, notices this bird, " whose amorous warblings from the top of the spruce fir were...high and varied notes rival those of the nightingale herself." But we look in vain for vast numbers of the animal creation, and ask, " Where are they all...

...Norway; and Linnaeus several times, in his Tour in Lapland, notices the song of the Bedwing, " whose amorous warblings from the top of the spruce fir were...varied notes rival those of the nightingale itself." In winter, when frequenting our fields, its song is never heard, owing, it may be, to the rigour of...

...deserves the name. Linnseus, in his ' Tour in Lapland,' several times alludes to the Redwing, ' whose amorous warblings from the top of the spruce fir were...high and varied notes rival those of the Nightingale himself.' Macgillivray describes the common note of the bird as a harsh scream ; but then he says,...

...its full powers, for Linnœus in his "Tour in Lapland," says "the amorous warblings of the Redwing from the top of the spruce fir were delightful. Its...high and varied notes rival those of the Nightingale herself." Other naturalists describe its song as loud, sweet, clear, musical, and at the same time...