Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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with red. the exceptions being tlie })lue ef^g-s of Starlin^j^ 

 and Juekdaw : and tlie otlier is. tliat tlie birds themselves 

 are generally' of l)rilliant plnniage in both sexes. A bird 

 sitting oil eggs, if brilliantly coloured or conspicuously 

 marked, is of course mucli safer out of sight down a hole ; 



Young Cllkuo h.u uy Hedce-sparkow. 



juid the fact tliat all the brilliantly plumaged hen-bh'ds on 

 the Britisli I>ist nest in covered situations, witli a few 

 exceptions among the ground-building birds, seems to indi- 

 cate that they are perfectly aware of the fact. The 

 exceptions to tliis rule take other steps to the same end. 



