NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



thorn bush quite two hundred yards 

 away from water in Surrey. The materi- 

 als used in the structure are dried grass 

 and moss with an inner lining of fine 

 dead grass, hairs, and the feathery tops 

 of reeds. 



The eggs number four to six or even 

 seven, and are of a purplish-grey or pale 

 olive ground colour, spotted and streaked 

 with rich, dark purple-brown. 



This bird resides with us all the year 

 round, and its numbers are increased 

 during the winter by other members of 

 its species arriving from the Continent. 



