Behaviour of Birds 
in en gyn ne 
severe Shelling of the trench before its cap- 
ture, seemed absolutely without fear (Scots- 
man, 28.x11.18), 
Another fine chateau, that had suffered 
badly from Boche shells, was deserted except 
by a few SPARROWS in the drawing-room 
(Country Life, 6.v.16). Every house that 
had been blown to bits by shell-fire provided 
an endless choice of fascinating nesting- 
places for SPARROWS among the chinks of 
the ruined walls (Bird Notes and News, 
vol. vii. p. 14). Flocks of SPARROWS might 
be seen to leave a building which had been 
struck by a shell only to return there within 
a few minutes (Scotsman, 25.1i1.16). 
Small flocks of TREE-SPARROWS were fre- 
quently seen on our wire in front of the craters 
which divided the German line from ours (dvs, 
IQ19Q, Pp. 57). 
Wire entanglements attracted CHAFFINCHES, 
who evidently considered them preferable to 
brambles (Land and Water, 14.ix.16), and 
more than one nest was found in a tangle of 
our barbed-wire briars (Daily News and 
Leader, 22.iv.16). CHAFFINCHES could be 
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