BIRDS. 



8r 



As evidence of the excellent character of the 

 hiding provided by our artificial tree-trunk, I was 

 pleased to note, while I sat waiting, a turtle-dove 



MALE CHAFFINCH AT 

 NEST CONTAINING 

 YOUNG. 



alight within a few yards of it and begin to call, 

 and a cunning old carrion-crow leisurely flap 

 his way close past without having his suspicions 

 aroused in the slightest degree. 



Chaffinches have on several occasions alighted 



