. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . rture of the Partridges a friendly Robincame and inspected me, and accepted an iuAitation to sharemy lunch. Perching on the camera-case, it hopped downand ate all tlie crumbs thrown to it, constantly coming backfor more throughout the day. A Turtle-dove preened itsfeathers hard by, while Thrushes and Bullfinches flitted inand out of the bushes and hopped all roimd me. Besidesall these, a family party of little brown AA^rens busily searchedthe bushes immediately in front of my face, till I expectedthem to perch on my head and se
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . rture of the Partridges a friendly Robincame and inspected me, and accepted an iuAitation to sharemy lunch. Perching on the camera-case, it hopped downand ate all tlie crumbs thrown to it, constantly coming backfor more throughout the day. A Turtle-dove preened itsfeathers hard by, while Thrushes and Bullfinches flitted inand out of the bushes and hopped all roimd me. Besidesall these, a family party of little brown AA^rens busily searchedthe bushes immediately in front of my face, till I expectedthem to perch on my head and search my pockets forfood. One of them was certainly within six inches of mynose, and a Thrush came almost as near. The A\^renssimply ignored me altogether, treating me as a piece of atree or an inanimate log. But though the A\^)od-pigeon is shy, the Tiutle-doveis still more so, and is the only bird I have known to deserther nest, and abandon her helpless young ones to die miserablyof star\ation, because I have hidden myself near in order 160 Pictures of Bird Life. i^Vaiuilits ciistaliis). to photograph them. Turtle-doves are very a})iindant, andafter the spring arri\al tlieir deep Tiir-tiir may be heardin every direction. They nest in all the tall old-fashionedhedoes so common about here. The nest is e^•en sliliterand ruder, and of coiuse much smaller, than the Wood-pigeons. But this very rudeness of construction only servesto enhance tlie beauty of the two pearly wliite eggs reposingside by side on tlie network of brown sticks. It is a nestwhich has a great charm about it, someliow. The Stock-dove is tlie most imcommon representativeof the family, but may be seen here and there. Unlike theothers, it nests in hollow trees. The Partridge is fairly plentifid for so near to some roadside fields it may be heard or seen almost atany time. It seems, in fact, like the I^apwing, to tuue a Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 1(>1 stroni^ predilection for eeitiiiii favo
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