In the past it must always have been a common bird, as it is one of the few quite easily identified birds used in hieroglyphics (in spite of which, to my astonishment, in a recent work on Egypt this owl is called the Horned Owl).
I have seen it sitting in a cleft of the wall of the Ramaseum and other temples, but it is by no means a common bird.
This is a common bird, and though nearly all migrate, I believe a few remain to breed in exceptionally favourable places, as I have heard that it has been observed throughout the summer months on certain waters.
The Micronesia Broadbill at Guam is not a common bird, and like its relative Rhipidura rufifrons is an inhabitant of forested areas, especially those containing brushy undercover.
He writes (field notes) that the fantail is a common bird and is found in forest and brush lands.
Coultas (field notes) writes that the starling is a common birdat Ponape.
Coultas (field notes) notes that the reed-warbler at Ponape is a "common bird of the small bush and grasslands.
This was a common bird in the lowlands away from forest.
This was a common bird at Quoin Hill but was not seen elsewhere by me.
This is a common bird of the coconut groves around Tawau and on Siamil Island.
A common bird in pine groves in northern United States, or during migrations in birch woods.
A common bird on the dry, rocky foothills of the Rockies and westward.
A common bird of the southeastern states and north to Connecticut, frequenting open woods, thickets and gardens.
Now, however, with the spread of cultivation, it has reappeared, and is once more becoming a common bird in the more thickly-settled districts.
The Little Blue Heron, though widely distributed, is not anywhere a common bird.
On the pampas of Buenos Ayres this Duck is not a common bird.
The Wryneck is a common bird in the south-eastern counties of England and to the west as far as Somersetshire; but I have never heard its note in Devon or Cornwall; it is rare also in the northern counties.
The Tree Creeper, though a common bird, is less familiarly known than many others of much rarer occurrence, yet, if once observed, can be confounded with no other.
The Cole Tit is in many districts a common bird, inhabiting woods and hedgerows, and feeding on insects, for which it hunts with unceasing activity among the branches and twigs of trees.
It is not a common bird, and was until within the last few years considered to be migratory; but so many instances have occurred in which its nest has been found, that no doubt is now entertained of its being a constant resident.
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