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nest and waiting to enter it, they let their 

 wings droop h)w by their sides, and shook 

 them in the tremuhjus manner so connnon to 

 young birds of many species when being fed after 

 they have left the nest. I have noticed the 

 same lialnt in other members of the Tit family. 



YOUNG SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS. 



Although within a comparatively short distance 

 of London, T found the following birds' nests all 

 within iifty yards of each other, and containing 

 eggs or young in this little co])se : Carrion Crow, 

 Red-backed Shrike, Nightingale, Whitethroat, P)lack- 

 bird, ^farsh Tit, Tree Sj)arro\v, (N)nnu()n WnMi, 

 and Cliill'chaff. 



During the |)art of our liohdays which we spent 

 in Westmorland in llie snnnner of 1(S1I7, mv brother 



