Hedgerow Life 
conspicuous front door of the rabbit, 
there is, as I have just said, always a 
smaller hole for safety, called a ‘ bolt- 
hole,’ and this is often in some inconspicu- 
ous place, such as under a spray of 
bramble, or amid some nettles. 
And most other animals do the same 
thing ; they appear to be able to look 
ahead and provide for the future better 
than birds. For instance, mice, squirrels, 
dormice, and many other animals (or 
mammals) get together a store of food 
for the winter. But very few birds do 
this. The butcher-bird—or the red- 
backed shrike, to give it its full proper 
name—will hang up birds and insects 
for next day. ‘The rook will bury acorns 
—but I never heard of one remembering 
where it had put them. And the jack- 
daw and raven will hide things away 
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