BIRDS OF OUR BUSH 



of a pitch-fork lent colour to his already lurid demands, 

 and the chance of a picture was sorrowfully left behind. 

 We might explain that, although the Chat is a very common 

 bird, it is not at all easy to photograph, and an instance such 

 as this, where the parents appeared trustful, was a dis- 

 covery indeed. We have always been most careful since 

 that no damage is done, and that anything temporarily 

 removed is replaced. 



In the following chapters we hope to cater for those 

 leaders who may not be disposed towards photography, and 

 also, perhaps, give further help to those who may be, by 

 recording something of the habits and habitat of those 

 birds, mainly well-known, with which we have become 

 acquainted. 



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