Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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At otlier times they are lujt so luiieli in e\'icleiiee, and the 

 first intimation of their presence is fi['enerally tlie harsli. 

 cackhng ahu-ni-note as they leave some high liedge or hush. 

 The nest is huilt very early in the year : and thougli 

 there is generally no attempt at any eoncealment, the nests 



Kesi of Gkeaier Whitethroat (Sjlvi'a ciiicrea). 



do escape notice more often than those of the ]51ackbird 

 and Thrush, partly perhaps because the situation is rather 

 higher — generally about seven or eight feet from the ground, 

 and occasionally on the extreme summit of a small larch- 

 tree. They are more usually firmly fixed in the main fork 

 of a hawthorn- or fruit-tree, ne\er among the smaller twigs, 



