Science-gossip . oughthe magazinesdevoted to natu-ral science duringthe past halfcentury we shallfind therein re-corded many rarebirds moths, andplants whichhave been foundwithin a five-mileradius of CharingCross. It is need-less to point outthat some ofthese are strag-glers, and notpermanent deni-zens, but thatmakes themnone the less in-teresting. Thereare neverthelesssome wild birds, shy enough in the country, which are losing theirtimidity when visiting or residing within the sound of Bow Bells. Among the more timid are the woodpigeons and the field-fares, the latter in recentyears being fr
Science-gossip . oughthe magazinesdevoted to natu-ral science duringthe past halfcentury we shallfind therein re-corded many rarebirds moths, andplants whichhave been foundwithin a five-mileradius of CharingCross. It is need-less to point outthat some ofthese are strag-glers, and notpermanent deni-zens, but thatmakes themnone the less in-teresting. Thereare neverthelesssome wild birds, shy enough in the country, which are losing theirtimidity when visiting or residing within the sound of Bow Bells. Among the more timid are the woodpigeons and the field-fares, the latter in recentyears being frequently seen in the harder permission of the publishers, and as an exampleof the beautiful illustrations in this work, we re-produce the picture of these birds by A. , who, with Bryan Hook, has produceda picturesque series of plates and vignettes. Inaddition to these there are photographs from natureby that celebrated bird photographer, R. B. Local Government Act which created the. Fieldfares at th(From Hudsons County of London, with its ruling County Council,was an unforeseen benefit to London naturalists, forit extended the area which could be included in sucha work as this before us, and better still, gave themuch needed power for the protection of birdsagainst the slinking bird-catcher or the cockneysportsman. In writing this book Mr. Hudson hassucceeded in compiling much pleasantly-writtenbird lore which will appeal to a large audiencebeyond the narrower realm of of his instances are indeed quite startlingto the professional bird student, though theadaptation of wild birds to mens civilization has ceased to be as-tonishing. Wehave ourselvesnoted within last few years a pair of redstartswhich built anest and suc-cessfully reareda brood of youngin the Embank-ment gardens,at the ancientwater-gate by theend of Bucking-ham Street,Strand. Not less /remarkable was,\, I a case we ob- served of a night-ingale that sang
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