Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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TiR'W'liiiK'liat, 

 oil tlic coiitnirv, 

 is ex('ce(liiii>ly 

 ahutulnnt intact, 

 <juite one of tiie 

 cominoncst birds. 

 In every field and 

 meadow a ])air or 

 t w o o t" t Ii e s e 

 spi-johtly and 

 handsome little 

 l)irds may he seen 

 tlittini)' from the 

 top of some low 

 plant or spray to 

 another. The 

 note sonnds like 

 "Ft i (' k - n t i ek. 

 utiek - tiek - tick," 

 ineessantly re- 

 peated, and that of the yount>- jnst after leavin<>- the nest is 

 Just like •• Eoypt-Eoypt."' Their nest is one of the most 

 diffieult to find, so well hidden is it amono- the lon^' ^rass. 

 It is generally, or at all e^'ents very often, placed at tlie 

 foot of some little saplin<>- or upright plant, which serves 

 as a })ercli for tlie birds. 



One pair, which had a nest of youn<)^ underneath a 

 fallen branch, always perched on one end of it every time 



Nest of Hedge-sparrow (Accentor nwdidaris 



