. The British bird book . WM^pw^liMi I 11 ■.^»L!lw- III. — I • ■■■■■■. ..■iwiii. ■ !.,■ ^Dotted &p M\\\ (HIS is a familiar bird inalmost every country andsuburban garden, where it maybe seen on any day in late springand early summer, sitting upon\ a low branch, a pole, or one of the posts of a tennis-net, and from time to time darting intothe air, performing one or two complicated manoeuvres,and then returning to its perch. On each of these littleexpeditions some flying insect such as an aphis is captured,and the number of victims which it destroys in the course ofa day must be very large inde

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. The British bird book . WM^pw^liMi I 11 ■.^»L!lw- III. — I • ■■■■■■. ..■iwiii. ■ !.,■ ^Dotted &p M\\\ (HIS is a familiar bird inalmost every country andsuburban garden, where it maybe seen on any day in late springand early summer, sitting upon\ a low branch, a pole, or one of the posts of a tennis-net, and from time to time darting intothe air, performing one or two complicated manoeuvres,and then returning to its perch. On each of these littleexpeditions some flying insect such as an aphis is captured,and the number of victims which it destroys in the course ofa day must be very large indeed. It is scarcely necessaryto add that it is guilty of no corresponding mischief to be setoff against its services. The nest is built on a branch of a fruit-tree—very often one which is trained along a wall—or on the trellis-work on the side of a house, and is nearly always sheltered under leaves. It is made of dry grass and moss, the latter predominating, I 117 and lined with rootlets an

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