Feeding and Protection of Young Birds. 119 



Birds of prey are very hard upon their feathered 

 neisfhbours durinof the breedinsf season, when thev 

 have a number of hungry mouths to fill. 



The parents of the young Tawny Owl figured 

 on pages 114 and 115 and a pair of Carrion 



meulin's nest, avith newly-hatched chick {p. 121). 



Crows lived close together in a glen, and used to 

 work unconsciously to each other's advantage. The 

 former killed small birds as they sat brooding on 

 their nests by night, and the latter carried off 

 the eggs of the unfortunate victims by day. 

 When Mrs. Crow could not meet with an 



