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Pictures of Bird Life 



was in a sycamore-tree, at a most convenient height from 

 tlic oTound. The six eggs were exactly as they appear in 

 the photograph, phiinly visible from the ontside, which is not 



nsually the 

 case. 



The Red- 

 breast is with- 

 out doubt THE 

 bird of the 

 suburbs — the 

 universal and 

 favoured fre- 

 q u enter o f 

 e^'ery garden. 

 Its cheery song 

 d u r i n g the 

 winter, when 

 other songsters 

 are silent, and 

 its familiar 

 boldness, make 

 it a welcome 

 o- u e s t wit h 

 everybody, and 

 one pardons it 



for its greediness and pugnacity. 'i\v() ri\al Robins will 

 fight with a fierce disregard of consequences almost incredible 

 in a bird of such small size. 



Nest ov Long-iailed Tit (Acicdula uiiidata). 



