. Baby birds at home . ve bestowed upon it inGermany the very suitable common name of Hole Dove/ It breeds in hollow trees andseems partial to oaks, elms, and pollardwillows growing on the banks of smallstreams and rivers. Frequently it takespossession of disused rabbits burrows situa-ted far away from trees of any kind, and inolden times dogs were employed in Norfolkin order to find young doves in the extensivewarrens which are a feature of some partsof that county. Crevices and holes ininland cliffs are favourite nesting-places,but if neither hollow trees nor precipicesshould be available, t
. Baby birds at home . ve bestowed upon it inGermany the very suitable common name of Hole Dove/ It breeds in hollow trees andseems partial to oaks, elms, and pollardwillows growing on the banks of smallstreams and rivers. Frequently it takespossession of disused rabbits burrows situa-ted far away from trees of any kind, and inolden times dogs were employed in Norfolkin order to find young doves in the extensivewarrens which are a feature of some partsof that county. Crevices and holes ininland cliffs are favourite nesting-places,but if neither hollow trees nor precipicesshould be available, the Stock Dove readilyturns to account the old home of a carrioncrow or magpie. Occasionally it is foundnesting in a ruin or old stone barn. Twigs, rootlets, and straws are used in acareless way as building material, and fre-quently the bird dispenses with them al-together and deposits its two white eggs ondecaying wood, when making use of a hollowtree. The young ones do not leave the nestuntil they are fully REED BUNTINGS. The Reed Bunting THE Reed Bunting, or Reed Sparrow, issometimes called the Black-headedBunting. This a mistake, for in spite of thefact that the male has a velvety black headthe name really belongs to a different speciesaltogether. You are not at all likely toconfuse the two birds, because the Black-headed Bunting is a very rare visitor to ourshores, and when you see a feathered frienda trifle longer than a house sparrow with ablack head and a white collar round its neck,you are fairly safe in concluding that youare looking at a male Reed Bunting. This species frequents marshes, swamps,the banks of sluggish rivers, and the mar-gins of lakes and reservoirs all over theBritish Islands. The writer has met with itbreeding on small heather-clad islands in theOuter Hebrides, and at a great elevation onNorwegian mountains, where there wereplenty of snowdrifts and no reeds. 125 126 Baby Birds at Home It feeds principally upon insects in thesummer, catchin
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