Hedgerow Life 
build, and the hedgerow begins to be 
brimful of interest. The first to build 
are the homely blackbirds and thrushes, 
and then the robins and the hedge- 
sparrows. The first two have made 
their nests and laid their eggs long before 
the leaves are out. Don’t take all the 
eggs you can find. If you must have 
a collection—and I must admit they 
are tempting things to collect—only 
take -a limited) number.| (Never stake 
any to destroy or waste. The spotted 
blue eggs of the thrush, though so 
common, are as beautiful as any to be 
seen, but they are much prettier in their 
nest ; and when the old thrush looks at 
us so appealingly, as we stand and 
watch her on the nest, surely the least 
we can do is to leave them for her to 
hatch. 
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