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native junk and do the land work in " chairs." Mr. Bickerton 

 hopes really to make some use of the little leisure that he gets during 

 the present season, and we shall hope to be able later to put on 

 record some of his discoveries. 



The nesting season in England for most of the commoner species 

 of birds seems to be more prolonged than usual and more new nests 

 have come under our notice in mid-June than is usually the case. 

 We should like to hear from subscribers what their experiences 

 have been, and it would be interesting to trace a connection between 

 this and the extraordinary' weather conditions of the present year. 

 Of course it has been a most prolilic season for blight and other 

 insect pests, though we have not, in Surrey, seen the oaks so 

 subjected to caterpillar depredations as usual. There must be 

 an abundance of food for all the Warblers and Tits and other insect- 

 loving birds. 



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