26 EARLY SPRING 
these are most probably second nests. If 
the early part of the summer be wet and 
PLATE IX: ‘Cleverly and strongly constructed—so as 
to defy months of storm and snow and hail.’ Old 
nest of sedge-warbler (4 size). 
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cheerless, some birds (especially pigeons and 
sparrows) will build even in August. Indeed, 
