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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



warfare. One authority makes the surprising 

 statement that when under proper training the bird 

 can be taught to sing even better than the Canary. 

 Local or other name : none. Sits pretty closely. 



YCUNG COMMON SPARROW. 



SPARROW, HEDGE. Also HEDGE ACCENTOR. 

 (Accentor modularise) 



Order PASSERES ; Family SVLVIID^E (WARBLERS). 



Description of Parent 

 Birds. Length about 

 five and a half inches ; 

 bill of medium length, 

 almost straight, light 

 brown at the base, and 

 darker at the tip. 

 Irides reddish - brown. 

 Crown and nape dull 

 bluish - grey, streaked 

 with brown ; back and 

 wings dusky-brown, the 

 feathers being edged with reddish-brown ; wing- 

 quills dusky-brown ; tail-coverts olive-brown ; tail- 

 quills dusky-brown and slightly forked ; chin, 

 throat, sides of neck, and upper-parts of breast 



HEDGE SPARROW ON NEST. 



