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Identifier: birdsinlondon00huds (find matches) Title: Birds in London Year: 1898 (1890s) Authors: Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 Subjects: Birds -- England London Publisher: London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green and co. Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ce of housesclose by and percli on the chimney-pots, a newlyacquired habit. In Leicester Square 1 haveseen as many as a dozen to twenty birds at atime, leisurely moving about on the asphaltedwalks in search of crumbs of bread. It is notunusual to see one bird perched in a prettyattitude on the head of Shakespeares statuein the middle of the square, the most com-manding position. I never admired that marbleuntil I saw it thus occupied by the pretty dove-coloured quest, with white collar, iridescent neck,and orange bill; since then I have thoughthighly of it, and am grateful to Baron AlbertGrant for his gift to London, and recall withpleasure that on the occasion of its unveiling Iheard its praise, as a work of art, recited inrhyme by Brownings— Hop-o-my-thumb, there, Banjo-Byron on his strum-strum, there. I heartily wish that the birds would make usein the same way of many other statues withw^hich our public places are furnished, if notadorned. So numeious aie the wood-pigeons at the Text Appearing After Image: WOOD-PIGEON ON SHAKESPEAKE S STATUE BE CENT COLONISTS 93 end of summer in tlieir favourite parks that it iseasy for any person, by throwing a few handfulsof strain, to attract as many as twenty or thirtyof them to his feet. Their tameness is wonderful,and they are delightful to look at, although sostout of figure. Considering their enormousappetites, their portliness se
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