NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



The call note of the species is some- 

 what shrill, and sounds like twite, from 

 which the bird has derived its name. 



It is said to breed in the North of 

 England, but although I have met with 

 the bird in great flocks, both in Yorkshire 



YOUNG TWITE JUST FLEDG 



and Westmorland, during the autumn, 

 I never discovered its nest upon the 

 Fells. I have found it breeding on several 

 Highland mountains, but as already 

 stated, most numerously in the Outer 

 Hebrides. How abundant it actually is 



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