CHAP ikea 
EARLY SPRING : THE LAST WEEK EN MaAnee 
WE began our rambles earlier this season, in 
accordance with our determination of the pre- 
vious year (see Part I, p. 118). So, shortly 
after Good Friday, Ted and I took a turn with 
the camera over familiar spots. As we left 
home we noticed that the rooks were now busy 
in the elms (which were scarcely yet in bud) ; 
the bustling sparrows were building in the 
creepers and gutters, and the starlings amongst 
the chimneys. We then made our way 
down to the boat. 
The sparrows in my garden have the 
choice of three situations for their nests, viz. 
the roofs and gutters of the house, the creepers 
trained. against it, and the trees =e 
first nests in early spring are built in the 
gutters or eaves and creepers; but, when 
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