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bird has a great fancy for an old can or box, as 

 occasionally happens with the Wheatear and Stone- 

 chat. The first brood may be hatched early in April ; 

 the eggs are white mth rufous spots. 



The Nightingale {Luscinia megarliynclia) is no doubt 

 our most wonderful songster, though it is approached 

 by the Thrush and nearly equalled by the Blackcap and 



Nightingale 



the Garden Warbler. Its song, however, gives way to 

 a harsh churr when the young are hatched, as in the 

 case of so many Warblers. Arriving in April it soon 

 becomes common in eastern England, though less 

 abundant westward, and barely known in Devon, 

 Hereford and Cheshire. Exceptionally it has been 

 found breeding in Glamorgan and north Yorkshire, as 

 well as on one occasion in Northumberland. Though 



