156 AMONGST THE WOODLAND BIRDS— 
then uttered his ‘crow,’ which is a single 
‘crawk.’ He did not seem to say ‘are you 
there ? but rather ‘1 am here,’ dettmewiae 
numerous wives scattered about feeding or 
lazing know that he was available for their 
protection did they need him. Or was it a 
caution to them not to wander too far away ? 
Perhaps it was a defiant crow of challenge, 
like that of the domestic cock. Another old 
bird sat fearlessly in the grass only a few 
feet from a country cat, which was apparently 
watching for a sparrow ora vole. The animal 
and the bird did not seem to heed each other ; 
they probably knew one another and left 
well alone. 
Ted’s eye, keen from practice, detected a 
nest on the roadside in a low wild rose bush, 
two feet from the ground, in a most favourable 
position for a photograph. It contained three 
eggs of a buff or cream colour spotted all over 
with black or brownish specks, showing it to 
be the nest of a white-throat, and we saw 
the. hen. close by. .Four or five egestaie 
generally laid. The nest was built, like 
