Hedgerow Life 
treasures, flitting from one twig to 
another, with its crest raised, and show- 
ing plainly that it doesn’t at all like 
your coming there. Most birds display 
a good deal of courage when they have 
nests and eggs; and, curiously enough, 
it is generally the smaller birds which 
show the most. Some of them, like the 
whitethroat, will scold harshly. The 
missel-thrush will make a perfect uproar, 
and alarm everything within a hundred 
yards if she thinks any danger threatens 
her eggs or young. Blue tits or great 
tits will peck your fingers hard if you 
dare to put your hand into their nests 
while they are there, and they wont 
budge an inch if they see you are 
coming. There are only two birds I 
know of that will actually attack any- 
body. One is the great skua, a large 
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