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Our Bird Friends. 



by fanciers to make them sing 

 well, 171 



Birds that imitate the notes of 

 others, 192 



lay in old nests belong- 

 ing to other species, ol 



in each other's 



nests, 87 



white eggs in open- 



topped nests, 77 



leave their nests by 



twilight, 70 



live by devouring de- 

 fenceless neighbours, 26 



uiako spare nests, 52 



no nests or next to 



none, 7o 



nest in natural lioles in 



trees, rocks, etc., 67 



rear big families, 113 



rise first and retire to 



sleep last, 184 



sing better in one part <>f 



the country than anotlier, 177 



till they drop dead, 



170 



upon the wing, 



170 



whilst sitting on 



nest, 196 



sleep in old nests, 54 



wear stockings, 152 



with strong family ties, 133 



, why they sing, 169 



of prey, Accidents to, 30 



, How the young of 



defend themselves, 108 

 , the havoc they 



commit amongst defenceless 



species, 119 

 Biscuits and Birds, 11 

 Blackbird as gamekeeper's sentinel, 



198 



Blackbird, Growth of a young, 

 98 



, Song of a, 180 



Blackbird's nest in hayrick, 73 



in wire, 47 



notes, 197 



Boys frightened by Tit hissing, 70 



Call notes in fogs and on dark 



nights, 201 



of migrating birds, 201 



used for keepiug families 



of birds together, 201 

 Caterpillars destroyed by lUue 



Tits, 126 



destroying trees in Hong- 

 kong, 3 



on oak trees, 2 



stopping a railway train, 2 



Chaffinch, A bold, 27 



( 'liicks and exercise of their wings, 



128 

 and methods of feeding them, 



120 



and the way they hide, 94 



, a source of anxiety to their 



parents, 100 



, Behaviour of, in nest, 128 



, Care of mother birds for 



their, 93 



, Destruction of, 108 



heard cheeping in eggs, 92 



, How a brood of is fed, 114 



of double-brooded birds, 133 



of one brood helping parents 



to take care of another, 133 



, Rapid growth of, 98 



that enjoy pick-a-backs. 112 



live in nests, 93 



run about directly they 



are hatched, 93 



