154 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



Reed - Warblers, and sometimes the 

 Nightingale nested close by. 



Perhaps it was the warmth that 

 attracted the birds to Cowslip Corner. 

 On the south and east side was a high 

 hedge a "Bullfinch" hedge, for this 

 Finch loves such a spot while on the 

 east, protecting it from the winds, were 

 tall trees ; the west was open, and it was 

 when the setting sun sent his evening 

 warmth into that corner that the birds 

 sang their loudest, sweetest, and best. 

 All through May the bright yellow flowers 

 bloomed, on into June, but as the spring 

 grew older, the tall grasses and numerous 

 umbelliferous plants, ever growing higher, 

 covered them. It was not easy to dis- 

 cover the nests when the leaves were 

 thick on the bushes and the grass tall 

 on the ground, but the songs always 

 heard there told us that the singers had 

 their small homes near. 



There was one small bird that sang 





