gO A LONG DAY WITH. THE BIRDS 
staple diet, hence the birds are mostly found 
where Nature has been allowed to run riot. 
Dandelion seeds, chickweed, and rape are 
great favourites. The cock is very attentive 
to the hen, often singing to her on the nest 
and also if any danger be threatened. The 
whole flock will rise on the wing at once 1f dis- 
turbed, but they do not go far, dotting some 
neighbouring bushes till the danger is over. 
Flocks travel about a great deal in search of 
food. The birds are always chirping to each 
other. So in all ways they are very favourite 
birds, and do not seem to trouble the gardener 
or fruit-grower much. Very large numbers 
of cocks are trapped to be kept for singing. 
There must have been many more nests here, 
but time failed us. A weekly visit to such a 
spot during the breeding months of April, 
May and June would well repay a naturalist 
intent on birds’ nests. In the woods through 
which we passed on the descent, were many 
traces of the work of woodpeckers. I photo- 
eraphed a hole one had made recently, as the 
pecked edges were still quite fresh. It was 
