86 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



completely disappeared, and having suc- 

 ceeded the Thrush flew away for more food. 

 It was all so interesting that I took a 

 bioscope record of the whole scene, so 

 that others might also look upon it. 



The five young were reared, they left 

 the nest, and a few days later another 

 nest was begun. When this was finished 

 four more eggs were laid, and during the 

 days while the hen sat, her mate again 

 sang all the day from his high perch. 

 And so he kept on until the end of June, 

 and at that time, when the hedges were a 

 mass of white and pink with wild roses, 

 his song ceased. Just now and then in 

 July we heard a few bars of his notes, 

 but although his song was finished he 

 was still with us, and he and his mate 

 had reared nearly a dozen young 

 Thrushes. But all of these did not 

 remain long in the world. A weasel 

 had three, and a month later all seemed 

 to have left the haunts of their parents, 

 leaving them in sole charge. 



