Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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Tlie l{()l)in iiiuy. with ji little perseverance, be induced to 

 feed from ones hand, and to enter a room throu(>h the open 

 window, and its ways are then very en<^at>in_<>-. It is always 

 a mystery to me how it escapes the claws of the prowling 

 cat. AVhile nestino- operations are in ])rof)Tcss, however. 



Half-made Nest of Lung-tailed Tit {Acrcditla aiiulata). 



it is, like many other birds, nmch quieter and less con- 

 spicuous. 



Gardening operations, and especially digging, interest 

 Kobins not a little. An infallible way to luring one within reach 

 is to take a spade and dig a few spadefuls of earth. Then 

 leave the spade sticking uj) and retire a little. If there is a 

 Robin anvwhere near, it will certainlv come and search over 



