THIRD WEEK IN JUNE 187 
Plate XXIX shows an old decaying tree 
trunk in which were some holes. The edges 
had been »/ireshly:pecked. They were 
too small to admit the hand. Such a place 
XXIX: Holes in an old trunk, with freshly-pecked 
edges. 
should never be passed over when looking 
for birds’ nests as you cannot tell whether it 
be occupied or not. Woodpeckers, tits, 
creepers, wrynecks, this last bird very early 
