. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . Nest of Red-backed Shrike (Laiiiits cvlhuio). 84 Pictures of Bird Life sli()wiiii> tlic old l)irds beak and ])art of lier head inserteddown the youno- birds gaping tliroat. Tlie I^esser Wliitethroat is distinctly more uncommon thanthe last species, though se^eral nests are found each are very similar in construction to the last, but alittle smaller, and are very often much higher up, some-times almost at the top of a high hedge. In such asituation you very seldom find a nest of the GreaterWhitethroat, which prefers
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . Nest of Red-backed Shrike (Laiiiits cvlhuio). 84 Pictures of Bird Life sli()wiiii> tlic old l)irds beak and ])art of lier head inserteddown the youno- birds gaping tliroat. Tlie I^esser Wliitethroat is distinctly more uncommon thanthe last species, though se^eral nests are found each are very similar in construction to the last, but alittle smaller, and are very often much higher up, some-times almost at the top of a high hedge. In such asituation you very seldom find a nest of the GreaterWhitethroat, which prefers a more lowly nesting-site amongbrambles and low bushes. The eggs are roimder and smaller,and of two quite distinct types : one, except in size, closelyresembles the eg-o- of the Cireater AMiitethroat, and is of afreckled greenish white ; the other is always very roimd, andthe spots are distributed in a zone round the larger end,leaving the rest of the e^^^ almost Spottkd Flycatcher i^Miiscicapa gnsola). Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 85 The birds are slighter and more elegant in a|)|)earaiice,and not (jnite sueli persistent sknlkers. Any close approachto their nest is nuieh resented : the little birds, with erectedcrests and excited actions, will follow an intrnder, Aigorouslyscolding the while with harsh and chiding note. The Ciarden-warl)ler in some seasons almost rivals innumbers the Cxreater AMiitethroat, 1898 brinoini)- an unusualnumber of these l)irds to our neighbourhood. The nest muchresembles those of the two former species, but is perhaps alittle more shallow, A fa\om-ite locality is among the bare,leafless stems of bramble, below the thick co^er of green leaveswhich clothes the outside of the bush, and roofs in, as it were,the space below. The eggs, howcAcr, are much more likethose of the Blackcap—in fact, it is sometimes impossibleto distinguish them. I have seen it somewhere stated thatthe Garden-warbler and the Blackcap are nev
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