BIRDS OF WOODLAND AND HEDGEROW. 163 



WOOD-WREN ON HAZEl TWIG. 



nevertheless very fond of breeding in cliffs situated 

 in woods and in clumps of hollow trees growing 

 round old farmsteads. My brother photographed 

 the specimen shown on the following page whilst 

 in the act of hammering some edible trifle which 

 ho had just stolen from a neighbouring swine 

 trough. 



This species is endowed with very small eyes^ but 

 great intelligence. On one occasion^ whilst stay- 

 ing at an hotel in Dumfries, I threw some pieces 

 of bread into the garden for the birds. One 

 jackdaw, bolder than his fellows, ventured close 

 up to the window^ through which I was looking, 

 for the food, and sensibly took away two crusts 

 with him at once into a tree, where he held them 

 down to a branch with his feet whilst he vigor- 



