. Wild nature's ways . s species sitvery closely. The individual figured in our illus-tration (on page 173) allowed my brother andour friend, Major Petre, to part the branches infront of her without concern. Bullfinches sometimes breed very late in theseason. Whilst in Essex some years ago, I founda nest containing only half-grown young ones inthe middle of September. The yellow-hammer is also another latebreeder, and a great lo\cr of hedgerows and furzebushes. Its short, oft-repeated song is probablybetter known than that of any other British bird,and, although accounted monotonous by somepeo
. Wild nature's ways . s species sitvery closely. The individual figured in our illus-tration (on page 173) allowed my brother andour friend, Major Petre, to part the branches infront of her without concern. Bullfinches sometimes breed very late in theseason. Whilst in Essex some years ago, I founda nest containing only half-grown young ones inthe middle of September. The yellow-hammer is also another latebreeder, and a great lo\cr of hedgerows and furzebushes. Its short, oft-repeated song is probablybetter known than that of any other British bird,and, although accounted monotonous by somepeople, is, I must confess, a welcome sound ofthe countryside to me, in spite of its hacknej^eds\dlabic rendering. The nest is generally situated on or near theground, although I have on several occasionsfound it at an elevation of four or five feet inhedgerows. Some years ago I discovered oneclose to the permanent way on a railroad embank-ment, where the sitting bird was shaken all day BIRDS OF WOODLAND AND HEDGEROW. 177. WOODPECKER GOING TO NEST. long by the passage of heavy mineral trains, towhich she did not pay the least regard. Some of wild Natures ways are not at allcommendable from a moral point of view. Two species of birds in this country constantlysuffer loss by having their nests stolen from them, M 178 WILD NATURES WAYS,
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