Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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the " sentinel " of the Helds. Many a proinisiiio- " stalk." 

 with hoth L>un and camera, has been banlked hy its timidity 

 and nneeasino- ^ ioihmee. 



The Stoneehat is very scarce and h)cal. and I oidy 

 remember seein*^' two or three about, and ha\e never yet 

 succeeded in finding a nest. In the next parish, however, 

 of Edmonton, it is a common ])ird. Numbers mav be seen 



Sedge-warbler feeding Young (AcrocepJia/iis (>liyagmtiis). 



in the cemetery there any day througlunit the sunnner, 

 and I feel sure that they nest in the long grass at the 

 sides of the graves. The birds themselves are fond of 

 sitting on the gra^-estones. This cemetery is quite a 

 fa\()urite resort for birds : the following species breeding 

 there to my knowledge — Lark, ^leadow-pipit, Hlackbird, 

 Thrush, Partridge, Red-legged Paitridge. C'arrion - crow, 

 jNIartin, Swallow, Hedge-sparrow, and Cuckoo. 



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