. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )h had a nest of youngin the hollow elder-stump, but popped in so quickly that itwas impossible to photograph it. Jhe hole was accordinglystopped up with brown paper. This ga^ e me a chance, asthe bird pondered as to the best means of getting in to itshunoTv brood, which were clamouriiiii for food. The I^ong-tailed Tit \aries in many particulars from therest of the family. Instead of a loosely constructed heapof feathers and moss in a hole, it builds for itself a beautifuldomed nest in the almost bare hedges of early April. How
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )h had a nest of youngin the hollow elder-stump, but popped in so quickly that itwas impossible to photograph it. Jhe hole was accordinglystopped up with brown paper. This ga^ e me a chance, asthe bird pondered as to the best means of getting in to itshunoTv brood, which were clamouriiiii for food. The I^ong-tailed Tit \aries in many particulars from therest of the family. Instead of a loosely constructed heapof feathers and moss in a hole, it builds for itself a beautifuldomed nest in the almost bare hedges of early April. Howthe numerous long-tailed family, numbering from six to 94 Pictures of Bird Life eight, can li\e in sucli a small abode is a mystery I havenever been able to sohe. After the brood are fledged,mstead of ])eino- sent off to do for themsehes as best theymay, the whole family of young and old keep togetherthrouohout the autunm and winter months. Often incompany with numbers of other Tits and CToldcrests. tlie. Kest of Greenfinch {Frhigilla clitoris). merry 2>iity flits along from tree to tree and from bushto bush, always busy, and incessantly uttering their shrillcall-note to tell their companions of the whereabouts ofeach member. This bird suffers much from l)oys. The nest in a leaf-less hedge is very conspicuous, and the flrst boy who Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 95 passes ]) it out as a matter of eoiirse. Hut tlie ])ir( spite of this treatment, stiek to tlie same lied^e andmake anothei elose to tiie same ])laee, wliicli i»eiieiallysuffeis a similar fate. I knew tliis s|)rin_i» one pair ofLouii-tailed Tits wliieli built four nests ])efore tliev wereable to rear a brood in safety. They did sueeeed at last,for after my return from Denmark I saw tlie whole familyparty. They built in the same hedge year after year, andI always know where to find two nests every season, oneat eaeh end of tiie farm I mostly frequent, ihis year I found a half-finished nest, whieli shows
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