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hird lilV ;ii'(. 1111(1 me. Xol [nv away I soon saw a line MIn.m'I 

 Thnish ('liiiuhis ri^cinnns) and also sonic Soii^- 'i'lini>lii's 

 ('/'. mitfiiGiis). all lorai^iii.i;- lor looil, cn idciil l.v For llii'lr laiiiiiics. 

 Tho Blackbird (Mcniin uicniln) was to lie met with iicjc in 

 i^Tcat tiuiiiliers and ol'tcn spoilt N'oiir chance ol' ,i;-ettiii^- a (doser 

 view of other lurds by his warning- cry. Daintily tripping' 

 about the mossy ground were nuiucrous lleiii^c Accentors {Ac- 

 cf'Hiur iitudidaris), counuonly known as the Hedge Sparrow; 

 tlicsi! birds have a very pleasing little song, i had a nestling 

 a year ago and iie sang well in a cage. In the spring a 

 liille lady of his sc.ecies, which could always be lonnd near my 

 lui'd-housc captured his heart and I gave him his Ireedoni 

 and was rewarded liy seeing him a ])i'oud lather. 'I'heJ'e are 

 nuuiy now Irequeiitly to bo seen by my aviary. 



On a gorse bush some Linnets (Acanthls ca)ui(ih>)m), 

 were singing gaily. \\\m\\ a treat to hear them I'oui'ing lonii 

 melody in freedom, and how ditlerent also do they look when 

 you see them in a tiny cage behind the glass of a bird sliop 

 window! A lloek of (.ireenlincdies {Chloris milgaris) Hew o\er 

 and one line male settled and some of his notes were vei-y 

 musical, quite good enough to be called a song. Flitting 

 about above the ground, some distance away(I now had to 

 bring my glasses into use). 1 saw five iStonecliats {i talinvola 

 ruhicola), three cocks and two hens. A\'hat bright lively little 

 fellows they are. 1 always think it a pity to (^ cage them; 

 You must see them at liberty to appreciate their graceful move- 

 ments. I now proceed, as our American friends v/ould saj, 

 to get a move on me and came (across three Whi\tethroats {Syl- 

 via cinerca and S. curruca)], Greater and Lesser, creeping 

 about among the brambles in search of insects. A number of 

 Chaffinches {Fr'uujUla voclehs\, Yellow Buntings {Eni})cri:a 

 citi uiclla), nioi'e fiinnets and Cireeniinches, Rooks, and .Jaek- 

 da\vs. Overhead a hawk w'as hovering, liut not being well up 

 in these birds I cannot say for certain whicdi it was, probably 

 a Sparrow -Hawk or Kestrel. A few yards fi'om me a Spotted 

 Flycatcher '{Muscicapa (jrisula) was keeping watch for all 

 stray (lies, civ., and incessantly darted lo and fro , candiing 

 them. On some freshly ploughed ground were IMed Wagtails 

 iMotacilla lugabris) running about, one of the gems of the 

 bird world, graceful to the highest degree. Overhead, Swifts, 



