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had been robbed, and that the cock was singing 

 while the hen hatched a second brood. 



As autumn approaches the Nightingale moves 

 southwards towards the Mediterranean, and spends 

 the winter months in North Africa, Egypt, Asia 

 Minor, Nubia, and Abyssinia. So far as at present 

 ascertained, it has not been met with further east- 

 wards than Kasbin, in Persia, as remarked by 

 Professor Newton, who, in his edition of Yarrell's 

 British Birds, has given some interesting details of 

 its geographical distribution. 



