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Pictures of Bird Life 



eight, can li\e in sucli a small abode is a mystery I have 

 never been able to sohe. After the brood are fledged, 

 mstead of ])eino- sent off to do for themsehes as best they 

 may, the whole family of young and old keep together 

 throuo'hout the autunm and winter months. Often in 

 company with numbers of other Tits and CToldcrests. tlie 



Kest of Greenfinch {Frhigilla clitoris). 



merry 2>'ii'ty flits along from tree to tree and from bush 

 to bush, always busy, and incessantly uttering their shrill 

 call-note to tell their companions of the whereabouts of 

 each member. 



This bird suffers much from l)oys. The nest in a leaf- 

 less hedge is very conspicuous, and the flrst boy who 



