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Pictures of Bird Life 



and a r e 

 s t r o n g 1 >' , 

 a 1 ni o s t 

 r o u g h 1 y . 

 made — a 

 most appro- 

 priate and 

 fittinir home 



Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia cincrea). 



for sucli a Ijold, liardy 

 songster, whieli braA es the 

 wildest weather with its 

 clicerv song. 



The Missel-thrnsli ap- 

 pears to lia\'e no fear wlien 

 nestin"-. and will drive away 

 any bird, whatever its size, 

 if it A'entures too near. I 

 liave se^•eral 

 times been 

 ban Iked of 

 ])hotograph- 

 i n g s o m e 

 other species 

 when I liave 

 i n a d a" e r t - 

 ently liidden 

 np near a 

 Missel-thrnsh"s nest. Both 

 birds ha\e persistently 

 mobl^ed me, and made such 

 an uproar witli tlieir liarsli. 

 continuous scolding as to 

 ])lainly betray my presence 

 to e\ cry bird within hearing. 

 Tlie Song - thrush, in 

 spite of the enormous 



