Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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for the ()rnitli()l()«>ist. One is that it is bordered on one side 

 hy a hiroe wood, strictly |)l•eser^'ed : and the otlier consists 

 in the tact that it is watered by a small stream, which 

 carries off' the surface-water of the valley through which it 

 runs. 'i'his stream through nuicli of its length is covered 

 o\er with an almost im])enetra})le thicket of bramble, wild 

 rose, sloe, and othei' ])rickly shrubs and bushes, the iiome of 

 many A\'ater-hens, Wild Ducks, Xigbtinoales, Sedoe-warblers, 

 liullfinches. Turtle-doves, and many other kinds which delioht 

 in similar situations. Some of these strongholds are only to 

 be explored with <»reat difficulty, and at the imminent risk 

 of damage to both person and clothing, the only method 

 being to crawl in on all fours, or even, prone on one's 

 stomach, to wriggle in like a lizard. 



The farm, too, a})ounds in large, old-fashioned hedges, high 



NH.im\._.ALL [Diiii/uis Inscinia) sitting. 



