Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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^vitli a most ahirining-lookiiig camera, they A'isitcd tlieir nest 

 to feed their young quite openly and fearlessly, and enahled 

 me to get se\'eral photographs within half an hour. 



It is a delightful experience to thus watch at close (piarters 

 the whole domestic economy of sucii intei-esting birds, and 

 to see the mother-bird flit from spray to spray in her search 

 for caterpillars and insects. They are most particular in 

 keeping the nest clean, searching it after every visit, and re- 

 moving in their beak the refuse of the young birds, Hying 

 right off and dropping it many yards away. 



The distribution of the Nightingale in England is curious, 

 'i'hough so conunon in many parts, it fails to penetrate 



Nkst ok Trkk-pii'u {^Anlliii»\tnviatii). 



