22 CATALOGI'K oF BIRDS. 



HEDGE-SPARROW. 



Case 28. 



This well-known bird is represented with its young 

 brood. 



The fleshy substance round the beak of the young was 

 carefully copied and coloured from a living "model." 



The specimens in the case were obtained near 

 Brighton, in May, 1874. 



BEARDED TIT.— (Immature.) 



Case 29. 



The case represents the young birds as soon as they 

 are full fledged. In this early stage it is easy to dis- 

 tinguish the males from the females, as the former 

 have already assumed the orange-coloured beak, which 

 always remains one of their distinguishing points. 



The present specimens were obtained in September ; 

 but young birds in this state of plumage may fre- 

 quently be seen by the middle of May, or even earher. 



The Bearded Titmouse commences its nesting opera- 

 tions as early as the middle of March, and would in all 

 probability rear two or three broods in a season if un- 

 molested. The demand for eggs, however, is so great, 

 that but few of the earlier nests escape. 



The specimens in the case were shot on Hickling 

 Broad, in Norfolk, in September, 1872. 



AVOOD SANDPIPER.— (Summer.) 



Case 30. 



The Wood Sandpiper is most frequently observed in 

 the autumn. It is, however, occasionally met with 



