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Certainly escapes make up a vastly more significant aspect of our avifauna than, say Bay-breasted warbler which is quite rightly on the list due to the capture of a single specimen at our only ringing station.— Earth, Wind & Water
Amongst these may be mentioned the blue-throated warbler, ortolan bunting, Lapland bunting, shore lark, red-throated pipit, tree warbler, and many others Then there are birds which are common enough in England in the winter, but which mostly go away to Norwegian breeding-grounds, such as geese, ducks, woodcock, and snipe; while bramblings, fieldfares, and redwings are birds of the North, and never nest in Great Britain.— Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
One thing more I ought to tell you; not to confuse the reed-bunting with the reed-warbler, a very different bird, which very probably we may notice in to-day's ramble Illustration: WHIRLIGIG BEETLE, MAGNIFIED We now had another look into the canal, and saw numerous little whirligig beetles, performing their merry-go-rounds on the top of the water.— Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
The sedge-warbler, like the migratory warblers generally, comes to us in April and leaves us in September.— Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

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